Hello! Welcome to my site.

A little bit about me
Previously I taught ESL in Gyeonggi, just outside of Seoul, for two years. After which I traveled around South-East Asia for a while and returned to the States where I’m currently living with my fiancé, my rabbit Tandy, and my roommate. I’ve been back in America for just over a year.

I just got engaged and am hoping to apply to graduate school for Science Writing or Science Journalism.

I’ve recently picked up knitting as a serious obsession. I read excessively, I enjoy cooking and foodie-adventures, I take way too many photographs and like to play video-games.

About the blog title:
Previously this blog was called Funk Seoul Sister (a play on Seoul/Soul based on a Fatboy Slim song “Funk Seoul Brother”)

Since coming back to America I’ve changed the title of the blog.
Nuna is a word used by Korean males to address a female older than them who they are close to. Nuna literally means “older sister”. The female equivalent of this word is Eonni. Miguk means American.

When I was traveling in Jeonju a very nice taxi driver wanted me to talk to his daughter on the phone and test her English. He introduced me as “Miguk Eonni” which I thought was adorable.

About South Korea:
I chose to live in South Korea to teach ESL and have a bit of an adventure at the same time. I’m a quasi-foodie so I loved exploring Korean food, I worked on learning Korean, soaking up Korean culture, and tried to have as many interesting experiences as I could while growing as a person. It was a wonderful, scary, stressful, invigorating experience.

If you want to hear about it, or are thinking of doing something similar feel free to email me for advice. I still have lots of friends in South Korea and would be happy to help in any way I can.

But why South Korea?

My boyfriend is Korean-American, and my initial exposure to Korean culture was because of him. I like Korean food, I wanted to learn more about Korean culture, and there is/was a great market for ESL teachers in Korea. .

Accessing my Gallery:
Some of my picture albums are password protected. Just email me if you want access and I’ll gladly send you the password.

Email:
lunalyl(at)gmail(dot)com

Last edited by lunalil on September 1, 2010 at 2:28 pm