With
their funny and relatable posts, Saranghaeyo
Oppa and Annyeong Oppa, Facebook pages for Korean drama (K-Drama) Filipino fans,
surely brings entertainment to its likers and followers.
The
two fan accounts are posting memes and anecdotes about Korean Dramas, K-Pop
[Korean Pop] and even some issues on Facebook and Twitter where Filipino K-Drama
fans can relate to.
Saranghaeyo Oppa is translated as I love you, Oppa while Annyeong Oppa is translated as Hello,
Oppa. Oppa is used by girls to call
an older brother o man in Korea.
Saranghaeyo Oppa page which was created on May 2016 currently has
around 372,784 likes on Facebook and 5,348 followers on Twitter while Annyeong Oppa page has around 533,711
likes in Facebook and 62.3K followers on their Twitter account which was
established on April 2016.
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| Screen capture of Saranghaeyo Oppa Facebook Page |
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| From Annyeaong Oppa Twitter account |
Meanwhile
some likers who are composed of Filipino Hallyu
or Korean wave fans shared their insights about the said Facebook pages.
EJ
Munieza, a third-year college student from Philippine Normal University (PNU)
and a fan of Korean shows for three years now, said even how busy she is she still
visits the page on her free time and admitted that the pages’ posts really
entertain her.
“Natutuwa ako sa mga post nila. Sobrang nakaka-entertain. Kapag
may free time ako, tinitignan ko lang ‘yong mga post then natutuwa ako sa mga memes,” Munieza told.
(The
posts amuse me. They are very entertaining. Whenever I have free time, I look
at their posts then I get amused at their memes.)
Maricris
Guerrero, a second-year Journalism student and a Hallyu fan for six years now, shared what makes the two pages
unique from other Facebook fan pages.
“Humor,
‘yon talaga. Napaka-creative no’ng
admin no’ng page kasi nagagawan niya ng humor ‘yong
isang certain palabas o issue sa Korea. Tsaka bukod sa super [nakaka] aliw
no’ng pino-post nila, sila ‘yon nagiging boses ng K-Drama fans
sa Pinas kasi super timely talaga nila,” Guerrero said via Facebook.
(It’s
the humor. The page’s admin is very creative because they can put humor in a
certain show or issue in Korea. Aside from the entertaining posts, they become
the voice of K-Drama fans in the Philippines because they are very timely.)
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| Screen capture from Annyeong Oppa Twitter account |
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| Photo from Annyeaong Oppa Facebook Page |
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| Photo from Annyeong Oppa Facebook page |
On
the other hand, even some non-Hallyu
fans also admitted that they find the pages’ post entertaining.
“Natuwa naman ako. Well ang maganda kasi sa kanila kahit iba-iba ang
loveteams ay laging nagki-click ‘yong mga series nila unlike dito sa’tin,” Johannah Dela Rosa, third-year student from University of Caloocan
and a non-K-Drama viewer said after visiting the Saranghaeyo Oppa page.
(I
was entertained. Well the good thing about them [K-Dramas] is even loveteams are
interchanged, they still become a hit unlike here in our country.)
Meanwhile
graduating Journalism student, Annabell Pascual who also admitted she’s a
non-K-Drama buff, said she find the pages’ memes funny since she likes memes as
well but said that it isn’t enough to turn her to a fan.
“Mahilig talaga ako sa mga memes. But if
that page, for example, would fish me para
maging K-Pop fan, I think not,”
(I
really like memes. But if that page, for example, would fish me to be a K-Pop fan,
I think not.)
Pascual
also gave her observation on the behavior of K-Drama fans.
“‘Yong comments din ng mga K-Pop fans, highly interactive sila. Nagkaroon sila sa’kin
ng impression na mababait din in
general ‘yong mga K-Pop fans…Sana lang is, interactive din ‘yong admins no’ng page sa fans, like mag-reply sila sa mga comments, gano’n.
After all, lahat naman sila fans. And
sana tumanggap sila ng submissions
from fans like memes na ipo-post sa page para sa more interactivity,”
she told.
(The
comments of K-Pop fans, they are highly interactive. They are having this impression
to me that K-Pop fans are nice in general… I just hope that the admins of the
page are also interactive to their fans like they will reply to their comments.
After all, they are all fans. And I hope they accept submissions from fans like
memes which will be posted on the page for more interactivity.)
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| Photo from Saranghaeyo Oppa Facebook Page |
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| Photo from Saranghaeyo Oppa Facebook Page |
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| Photo from Saranghaeyo Oppa Facebook page |
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