{"product_id":"153131","title":"I am a beginner senior citizen ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQt5mXP1uYokIR3EhswrAJ.png?v=1764957093\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e I am a beginner senior citizen \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/120467037\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Don't be embarrassed by aging, be confident\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Winner of the 10th Brunch Book Publishing Project Grand Prize.\u003cbr\u003e After retiring as a teacher and moving into a silver apartment, he was not ready to call himself an 'old man'.\u003cbr\u003e There, I imagine my future life as an older person, and come to terms with my fears and confusion about aging.\u003cbr\u003e A book that will make the aging process we experience a little more familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAugust 11, 2023.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEssay PD Lee Na-young\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e10th Brunch Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “It was so weird at first.\u003cbr\u003e “I’m old.”\u003cbr\u003e Facing old age while still young\u003cbr\u003e Pre-learning in old age for novice elders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen do you become elderly? Does turning 65 mean you're a grandparent? Or can the day you receive a \"Free Senior Citizen Transportation Card\" be considered the day you become officially recognized as elderly? According to a 2022 survey by the National Pension Service, the average age at which people in their 50s and older perceive themselves as \"elderly\" is 69.4 years old.\u003cbr\u003e As such, 'being old' cannot be defined simply by administrative standards, and each person has their own story.\u003cbr\u003e The first time I was offered my seat on the subway.\u003cbr\u003e The moment I saw my bald head and distinct wrinkles on my face reflected in the mirror.\u003cbr\u003e When you feel the limits of your physical strength while doing something that you used to be able to do easily.\u003cbr\u003e It's a time when we hear one after another of the deaths of people our age, and death is a constant topic in conversations with friends.\u003cbr\u003e This is a scene of the early stages of old age, where one repeatedly asks, \"Am I old?\" and then accepts it with a strange, \"Am I old?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKim Soon-ok's essay, \"I'm a Beginner Elderly Person,\" which won the 10th Brunch Book Award, is an honest memoir and a detailed observation of old age by the author in her 60s, who has just entered old age.\u003cbr\u003e The setting of the essay is Silver Apartment, a customized residential complex for the elderly.\u003cbr\u003e Silver Apartments, where the average age of residents is in the 80s, are the perfect place to live after retirement.\u003cbr\u003e However, the author, who moved into a silver apartment simply because it was a new, cheap apartment, realizes that he is not yet ready to become an old person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The fact that my age is 60 and the realization that I am old are two separate issues.\u003cbr\u003e I met my true self, a beginner silver, at Silver Apartment.\u003cbr\u003e “Because the gap between thoughts and reality is so large, the confusion lasted longer than expected.” In the midst of the confusion of facing the reality of old age, the author imagines himself as an old man while eating, walking, and talking with the elderly people in the Silver Apartment. \u003cbr\u003eIt's a future most of us will face, but it's a pre-learning of old age that we rarely become accustomed to just by observing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among the 8,150 works submitted to the 10th Brunch Book Contest, \"I Live in a Silver Apartment,\" a record of observations and complaints from someone facing \"old age,\" stands out with its unique charm.\u003cbr\u003e This honest confession from someone who faced old age a little too early, something they'd rather postpone for the distant future, is a story that's needed in the age of 10 million silver, but hasn't been told yet.\u003cbr\u003e As a resident and observer, the scenery of Silver Apartment and the peaceful yet dynamic faces of the elderly people are unexpected and arouse curiosity. \u003cbr\u003e\"I'm a Newbie Old Man\" is a story that combines the unfamiliarity and fear, self-mockery and pride of a \"newbie old man\" with the story of Silver Apartment. It is a story for \"young old people\" who have entered old age with similar confusion, and for all those who are curious about the journey of the third act of life that will one day pass.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1: How I Got to Silver Apartment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Entering 9\u003cbr\u003e Silver Apartment 15 instead of a country house\u003cbr\u003e Come play at my house 20\u003cbr\u003e Moving Rice Cake and Silver Siesta 26\u003cbr\u003e This is apartment 31\u003cbr\u003e Being Left Alone 38\u003cbr\u003e Silver Restaurant and Rice War 46\u003cbr\u003e Grandma's Gathering 51\u003cbr\u003e Husband 58 joins a guitar club\u003cbr\u003e Two Women in a Cafe 64\u003cbr\u003e Restaurant Scene 70\u003cbr\u003e Flower Couple 74\u003cbr\u003e Let's put the apartment up for sale 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Residents of Silver Apartments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Silver only mountain 85\u003cbr\u003e Age of death: 89\u003cbr\u003e Desert Fox 94\u003cbr\u003e Nationalism and the Beetle Debate 98\u003cbr\u003e 103 Dementia, but not dementia \u003cbr\u003eAngels Live Here 109\u003cbr\u003e Autumn Foraging Activities 115\u003cbr\u003e Young and pretty woman 120\u003cbr\u003e Chiffon dress for grandma 126\u003cbr\u003e Paper Boat 130\u003cbr\u003e Tenant 134\u003cbr\u003e Preparing to Break Up 142\u003cbr\u003e Be sure to come back again 146\u003cbr\u003e Did you leave there? 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3 At the beginning of the Silver Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Let Me Die 159\u003cbr\u003e How to Become an Old Man 164\u003cbr\u003e Painting a rented house 169\u003cbr\u003e Free transportation card regret 175\u003cbr\u003e Husband's Wig 180\u003cbr\u003e I became the Mona Lisa 186\u003cbr\u003e Playing 190\u003cbr\u003e Old and young concessions 196\u003cbr\u003e 204 above the bungeoppang\u003cbr\u003e Old Husband 211\u003cbr\u003e Death of a Spouse 217\u003cbr\u003e So-so gathering 224\u003cbr\u003e After visiting a nursing home 232\u003cbr\u003e 240, becoming more and more like each other\u003cbr\u003e How Retired Couples Live 248\u003cbr\u003e Picnic 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Going out 261\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Silver Apartment was a different world.\u003cbr\u003e Living in a silver apartment was more than just living in a place where old people live together; it was something that required preparation for something else.\u003cbr\u003e I entered the world of Silver without any preparation or thought.\u003cbr\u003e And so began a life of ups and downs and struggles. \u003cbr\u003eVery quietly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Entering\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Oh my, you came in early even though it was busy.\u003cbr\u003e “Are you 60 now?”\u003cbr\u003e The grandmother, who had a fairly upright posture and wore pale pink lipstick, appeared to be in her mid-80s.\u003cbr\u003e A bright pink scalp peeked out through her permed silver-brown hair.\u003cbr\u003e “Oh my, thank you.\u003cbr\u003e I'm over 60.\u003cbr\u003e “Grandma, you are really kind.”\u003cbr\u003e As I sat down next to her, I looked at her hands and saw that each fingernail was painted with a beautiful color of nail polish.\u003cbr\u003e The rainbow colors were so vivid that they reminded me of a queer parade.\u003cbr\u003e Wow! I was amazed, and there was even a faint, luxurious scent coming from the grandmother.\u003cbr\u003e I was curious about what kind of fabric softener she used, but before I could ask, my grandmother started.\u003cbr\u003e “Now is the best time.\u003cbr\u003e A young person is walking around looking cool.\u003cbr\u003e Things get so pretty in no time.\u003cbr\u003e Got it?”\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"A Young and Pretty Woman\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIt wasn't long ago that death became a topic of discussion at this gathering.\u003cbr\u003e As the average age of the members reached 60, death became closer and more commonplace.\u003cbr\u003e Over the years, we have experienced the deaths of parents, in-laws, and sometimes friends, but we have never had a member or their spouse die.\u003cbr\u003e But now we all felt that the time had come to think concretely about not only the death of our friends and spouses, but also our own deaths.\u003cbr\u003e “Dying is as natural as living.\u003cbr\u003e “Nothing special.”\u003cbr\u003e We all laughed silently at Jamsil's sudden words.\u003cbr\u003e No, I wanted to laugh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maybe getting older was a pretty good thing.\u003cbr\u003e It's not that death is something to be celebrated, but it's not something to be sad about either.\u003cbr\u003e The fact that you can approach death quite specifically and even make plans.\u003cbr\u003e That you can even say, 'Let me die.' \u003cbr\u003eOf course, I know that not going as planned is death.\u003cbr\u003e Anyway.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Let Me Die\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That was when.\u003cbr\u003e The man in front of me stood up rustling his feet.\u003cbr\u003e I stepped aside, thinking he might get off, but the man pulled my sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e “Please sit here.”\u003cbr\u003e The pulling force was unusually strong.\u003cbr\u003e I was forced into a seat.\u003cbr\u003e “No, why?”\u003cbr\u003e Those were the words that came out of my mouth.\u003cbr\u003e What I meant was, if you're going to get off, get off gently. Why did you have to drag me to sit down?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Do you know him?\" I secretly looked at his face, but it was a man in his forties I had never met before, and he had clearly given up his seat to me.\u003cbr\u003e I, who had never been offered a seat on a bus or subway, thought about a time when I had given up my seat.\u003cbr\u003e In all cases, there was only one thing that applied to me now.\u003cbr\u003e 'Because I'm old?'\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e ---From \"How to Become Old\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Silver Apartment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A place where three meals a day are provided and a dedicated passageway connects to a large hospital.\u003cbr\u003e A place with all the facilities for hobbies, from saunas and gyms to baduk, table tennis, and guitar, all within the complex.\u003cbr\u003e There is one condition for moving into this nice apartment.\u003cbr\u003e He must be over 60 years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Silver Apartment, which is inhabited only by silver-haired old men, is like a giant senior citizen's home.\u003cbr\u003e Every time I encounter slow, uncomfortable, old bodies, I feel as if their discomfort is my own.\u003cbr\u003e The author eventually attempts to escape the Silver Apartment, but moving is not easy due to soaring housing prices and the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e During his two years and eight months in the Silver Apartment, the author glimpses the dynamism of the elderly's slow daily lives, the quiet passion and subtle vitality permeating the loneliness and comfort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From afar, they all look like the same old people, but up close, they are all different. \u003cbr\u003eThere are grandmothers who come into the house unexpectedly on moving day, and there are also grandmothers who quietly leave vegetables they grew themselves in front of the neighbor's front door.\u003cbr\u003e There is a grandfather who learns guitar while taking care of his sick wife, and there is a grandfather who is angry at the rising price of food and shouts out for struggle.\u003cbr\u003e One grandmother shows off her bravery as a general catching bugs in the hills behind the neighborhood, while another shows off her graceful figure in a flowing chiffon dress with rainbow-colored fingernails.\u003cbr\u003e He also never forgets to offer the heartbreaking advice that all old people are the same.\u003cbr\u003e “Now is the best time.\u003cbr\u003e A young person is walking around looking cool.\u003cbr\u003e “When things are this pretty, they pass by quickly.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAt the beginning of the Silver Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If parts 1 and 2 of \"I'm a Beginner Old Man\" are records of adaptation and observations in a silver apartment, part 3 is a memoir in which the author, who has just entered old age, honestly and cheerfully describes his daily life. \u003cbr\u003eOn the subway, at the photo studio, in the midst of ordinary days with her husband and conversations with friends, the author encounters her old self incessantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Life after retirement is challenging in many different ways.\u003cbr\u003e “It is a life where I suffer from one or two illnesses, have a hard time with the occasional bout of insomnia, constantly question the meaning of my existence after I retire from work and my children become independent, and sometimes despair and then console myself.”\u003cbr\u003e But I don't hate the sight of myself growing old.\u003cbr\u003e Because I am at an age where I can talk calmly about death with friends I have known since I was young.\u003cbr\u003e Because I am at an age where I can literally understand the metaphor that 'life is a picnic'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “My story is probably similar to that of the first generation of baby boomers. \u003cbr\u003eWhen I tell the story of growing old as one of those many baby boomers, it's because of my silver friends somewhere who will agree and say, \"Oh, I see.\"\u003cbr\u003e We don't grow old alone.\u003cbr\u003e How precious are the companions who accompany us on our final journey in life.\u003cbr\u003e I hope that these stories, which are so trivial, will bring a somewhat familiar future to those who have just entered the silver age.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author calls the baby boomer generation, just entering old age, as the readers of this book.\u003cbr\u003e \"I'm a Beginner Elderly\" is a record of growing old for those who are still unfamiliar with the word \"old age\" and for all those who watch and support the beginning elderly who are their parents and seniors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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