prolog

Chapter 1 Like a First-Timer on Earth

Comprehensive checkup
AirPods
Sister Yoon Bok-hee's KakaoTalk
Elevators that only serve even-numbered floors
Your mother's cucumber was really delicious.
Thank you for your hard work moving in.
Bae Sam-ryong's congratulatory address
Whispering sermon
If you go out and come back, it won't sell
Brother Lee Oisoo
Slow and steady shines brighter
The Poet's Eye
I have to hear the answer before I go.
Teacher Seo Young-chun and Walkman
Achievements of Mr. Bae Sam-ryong
Please forgive me?
Homemade
Memorable business names
I thought you were a stranger
Who is your second favorite junior?
Why did you hit me in the cheek?
Easy and comfortable words
Isn't this rude?
gift
Varanasi
Why do we start with bad thoughts?
Healing?
Enough with the obvious!
Constitution Day special envoy
Happy New Year

Chapter 2 Boiled Fish

The team I support
Retirement measures
Our house's Go-Stop rules
Declaration of Independence instead of Declaration of Marriage
Thank you!
The first late-night theater
How about a late night bowling alley?
A concert where children don't get angry even when they're making noise
Dog or Cow Concert
Concert for pregnant women
First education
A concert for ginseng, what's next?
Buddha's Birthday Card
A chair that talks to mom
Jeon Yu-seong's photo failure
Shim Hyung-rae's popcorn
The Power of [Now is the Radio Age]
The joy of doing something no one else has done
Boiled fish

Chapter 3: Fantasy that doesn't appear in science fiction novels

You said everything was fine?
Teacher giving the test
Only those who have life insurance
How to use someone else's birthplace
I am a military commander
Selling wood cheaply
Do ghosts know everything?
Self-introduction of the 'Sanyacho' class
Am I rich in land?
If all that's left are photos
Don't just accept donations
parking violation ticket
Taejeong Taesemun Danse
Kim Yu-sin's regular tavern
sunglasses
private prison
Crane Coffee Shop
Even small talk breeds trouble
pig nose tunnel
royal cuisine
Sleeping Concert
mushroom advertisement
Jarmi
Spoon Bibimbap Restaurant
Flask Cocktail
A cafe that uses canned beer as currency
Myeongdong ragpicker
Byeon Gang-soe's dinner table
Unification Festival
PPL sermon
Clothesline Poetry Collection
New Year's Wishes Business Card
hot day
Real-name food system
A small wish
Old-fashioned Seolleongtang
Karaoke score
Namwon International Airport

Chapter 4: Where Are You, Old Days?

Fry Boy
Mom, give me some food
feigned illness
early adopter
cart man
Inn lights
Double-armed year
grandma
Young brain
Korean-English dictionary
All kinds of bets
half a bottle of soju
Selling return gifts
American oil
Korea's first karaoke room
Looking for a partner
Buy gold teeth
The days of smoking on airplanes
Old legend
Gimmibuen
Western movies
Father's side dish
The taxi my grandmother rode in
Twist Kim took a picture and left it!
The birth canal is broken!
Squid Stretching
Tram drivers' lunch boxes
Hair and beard separately
Old days, where are you?
bill
Father's leather gloves
The original show host
wardrobe license
Flag-lowering ceremony
“Kyung-ah” Hello… …

Epilogue

Coolness and warmth
Coexistence of laughter and tears

The writings in this book are a perfect blend of Jeon Yu-seong's unique coolness and warmth, laughter and tears.
So, it is a book that “brings to mind happy chats with teachers (comedian Jo Se-ho)” but also a book that “brings tears to my eyes without me realizing it as I read (author Nam In-sook).”


When he went to the hospital for a health checkup and the nurse greeted him saying, “Oh, hello, Mr. Jeon Yu-seong?”, he answered with a cheeky “I came to see how you are doing,” and when he thought of his teacher, “Fry Boy” Kwak Gyu-seok, he said, “I miss Mr. Kwak.
“I want to hug you and cry,” she says, pouring out her heart.
He firmly rejects a tactless junior colleague who says, “You’ve aged a lot,” at a drinking party, saying, “I don’t want to drink with you, so go away.” When his student’s mother passed away, he sends her a wreath with the words, “If I had been here, I would have been able to hold your hand.”

It is enjoyable to reminisce about senior comedians such as Bae Sam-ryong and Seo Young-chun, as well as episodes with senior and junior entertainers who appear from time to time, such as Lee Oi-su (writer), Park In-su (singer), Yoon Bok-hee (singer), Choi Baek-ho (singer), Choi Yang-rak (comedian), Kim Ji-seon (comedian), Lee Byeong-jin (comedian), Min Kyung-jin (actress), and Choi Yu-ra (broadcaster).

Thoughts as precious as stars
A book that is shared generously

As singer Yang Hee-eun refers to the author as “a precious and grateful senior who generously shares precious thoughts that sparkle like stars,” this book is full of surprising ideas that you can put to use right away if you put your mind to it.

'When Christmas comes, a ton of Christmas cards are sent out announcing the birth of Jesus.
I think, 'Since we're both adults, shouldn't we have a Buddha's Birthday card?' and I imagine making a Buddha's Birthday card and a coffee shop that transports coffee with a large crane.
They say that many people fall asleep when listening to classical music, so they suggest creating a 'sleeping concert', and suggest naming the scissors used to cut noodles like naengmyeon 'jjarmi'.

Readers who have been wondering, "Why do the same old ideas keep popping up?" when planning something or coming up with an idea will find that their hardened minds will start to soften as they follow the ideas presented by Jeon Yu-seong.

The basic attitude of the Jeon Yoo-seong method of thinking begins with “questioning things that are taken for granted.”
He says, “If you just follow the rules that others have made, you can’t do anything new. If you want to do something that others haven’t done, you have to make the rules yourself.”
Jeon Yu-seong's generous sharing of his ideas with his readers is probably a way of encouraging those who, like himself, still "don't know how to live" to live their one and only life as themselves.

Non-obvious words
An unconventional idea
An unpredictable life

The author, who lives in Inwol-myeon, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do, spends most of the “bored time” that comes with living in the countryside “daydreaming, making mistakes, joking, talking nonsense, and making up old man jokes.”
When his son-in-law says, "I heard your father bought all the land in this area," he jokes, "Really? Where is that? I'll go check out the land I bought," and when a junior calls to wish him a happy new year, he responds, "I'm at a restaurant that serves bokguk. Come eat with me."
I think, 'What if we gave school teachers the same questions as students?' and imagined writing 'Only those with life insurance may cross' on a blank buoy in the ocean.

As you follow along, chuckling at his jokes and fantasies, you eventually realize that these things are what make his life less predictable.
The time he spent like this allowed him to create something new that no one had ever done before and to experience “the joy of doing something no one else has done.”

“Others said that you have to save money for retirement, but I thought that working itself was a way to prepare for retirement,” said Jeon Yu-seong.
This life essay, written by a man who chose the freedom of working long hours and daydreaming over financial freedom, will help us slightly redirect the flow of our lives, which can easily flow into clichés, clichés, and clichés.
“This is the perfect book to read on days when you feel bored with your existence on Earth, just open any page and start reading endlessly (author Nam In-sook).”