Lunch and Dinner After The Retirement

in food •  7 years ago 

It has passed one month since I retired.
I am enjoying my daily life now.
I get up lately and have a late morning.

Then walking to my small cave, and taking a hot coffee there.
Some of my colleagues recommended me of having a small private place only for myself.

They called it a cave.

As males having done since the Paleolithic era, they told me that I need a cave to looking at the fire after hunting animals.

I accepted their advice and having rented a small office for day time.

And I found small and humble restaurant for my lunch.
I made a rule having a lunch alone.
The one of the biggest difference was having lunch alone.

The humble lunch is important for me due to the problem of my health.

Just before the retirement, I had screened my whole body.
Doctors gave me several warnings on my health.

I thought that they determined the the retirement timing in considering of people’s health problem

I have had a lunch alone since the retirement as soon as possible.
Yes, I feel lonely sometimes when I have a lunch alone
But this lonely time give me precious chance to look back myself.

Below was my lunch yesterday.

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People around me were mainly the construction laborers.
They put on worn and rugged cloths.
As looking at them, I thought each one has it’s burden on their shoulders.

On the wall of the restaurant, somebody had wrote something.
While waiting for meal, it is small pleasure to read the scribblings

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After this lonely dinner, I had a meet up with 2 my high school alumni.
One is a dentist, the other is traditional medical doctor.

It was a first dinner with them after my retirement.

We went to the Chinese restaurant as usual.
My friend, a dentist, adores the Chinese food.
So we have taken Chinese food mostly when we met.

We had a toast with chinese wine.

Below were the photos of chinese food we had.

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Inside of the restaurant looks like below

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I love this kind of wall papers.

We talked mainly about our kids.
It was a happy night.
I feel happy always with my friends.
It must be happy dinner since I had a lonely lunch.

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People have a lively heart can enjoy every moment of their life. loneliness is not a problem for them. Lovely post sir.

Thank you for your word

hi be an exrovert....do we have a chice

Very delicious looking, wish I could have some of that food right now.

Congrats on making it to retirement. Enjoy the time!

You had there some well-balanced meal and low fat too @slowwalker . It will surely give you a better health disposition since you are eating healthy foods. Maybe feeling lonely means that you need something to do like what you just like to do in life, in that way you will get happier. Just remember that you are not really sick like me and you are really in a great situation in life that most people are dreaming about.

I really appreciated.
Yes, I will do my best for my life.
once more thank you for your word

why you are so beautyful

yes you say the truth comment @crytopie @slowwalker deserve it to enjoy himself after service, but only you will finish this dinner. Lol

I totally agree to this idea @cryptopie. Loneliness is not healthy, you definitely should consider this @slowwalker

Korean food is my most favorite food ever! Great pictures man, enjoy that retirement every single day. I put you on my auto voter, i'll be checking you out daily now.

yes OG korean are very good when we talk about food,
man m waiting for your retirement too, lol
@broncnutz don't take it serious just kidding

hahaha
Thank you so much

I must say you had a good lunch.
It is night here at my place and I must say after seeing your food pictures, I am hungry now :p

It is always good to reflex on one's life, but I don't like to eat alone myself. I especially don't like to eat in a restaurant by myself! Glad you had a meal with your friends!

I really like to eat my food alone because then nobody distracts me from enjoying it and I do not need to make needless small talk!

lol

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Hi friend, I have no idea,why you are having your lunch lonely?After retirement it happens,but you are a awesomee personality,so please be happy ,as i am also the lonely person before joining steemit,but now i use to pass my time by writing some madly poem.I am not giving you advice,but from reading your post i am just sharing with you.please,forgive if i hurt you any way.wish you a very beautiful time ahead.

yes you are right @maya7 why spending time alone after retirement,
meet with old friends remind your time with them

Thank you maya,
I am enjoying my retirement

Enjoy your retirement. I am jealous. The lonely lunch whenever you want to is awesome.

I hope crypto, maybe steem will provide funds for a sabbatical and recharge the batteries.

i hope so too someday

Yes, STEEM GO GO

enjoy it yes...we have no choice nice foods

OMG I MISS GOOD CHINESE FOOD AHHHH

Hello and congrats on retirement! Those meals looked amazing! Good luck to you!

Yes, it is nice meal.
Thank you so much

Let's all retire

Buen post

I have lunch on my own pretty regular. I dont always enjoy it to be honest , not because I am by myself but I am the only one by myself.

But one a usual day I am totally fine with that. I am a person who needs quite a lot of time for itself.

The wallpaper looks great btw

Yes, I am enjoying lonely lunch.
It is not bad to have a tranquil time once a day

i guess those are wonderful korean foods..i love koreans foods...happy retirement....

This is an ideal retirement life: meeting with old friends and chatting about family and your past while enjoying good meals
It would be even better if you spend your time with family members as well.
As long as you are healthy with the companion of family, there is nothing more you can ask for

Absolutely

Nice lunch and diner!!!)

wow amazing enjoy life sir after retirement

Good food good life :)

@slowwalker I noticed something here. The atmosphere at the first restaurant was a bit drab when compared to the second restaurant which was cheerful.

Well loneliness is bad though but one thing is certain you would still get used to it

Yes, you are right

It seems delicious Food, the way you organize your photos is very easy to digest the steemian, plus some awesome shots, interesting postings, very useful for culinary lovers, good luck

Wow, nice korean restaurant~

Great wall paper

Look at Turkey's Aegean cuisine appetizers.

It can be nice.

I am so jealous, @slowwalker. Your blog brightens my day , also make me hungry.
Enjoy your retirement, mostly enjoy your life and friendship. Life is short, enjoy what we have. you got my upvote.

Thank you so much

Try and do as much as you can. Also keep the brain active by reading or doing something challenging as the brain starts to get lazy etc. Look after yourself and meet people

I am also retired and this is exactly what I would say to retiring people. Secondly, it is not good to live lonely unless you are an artist who needs loneliness for productivity. Enjoy reading, listening to music and do whatever brings happiness to you.

I totally agree

Thank both of you for your advice

First of all, congratulations on your retirement.
Second of all, I could eat and enjoy all your pictured meals.
Thanks for sharing.

It looks pretty appetizing, I think I would like Korean cuisine. Also, this type of food is healthy, that is, it is not harmful to health, it is very important after retirement.

Yes, korean cuisine is healthy

You can not say about Ukrainian cuisine, unfortunately, we have a lot of heavy and calorie foods

Look so delicious foods @slowwalker thanks to share

@slowwaker who prepared it ?. Amazing. I want to be like you. retire, enjoy the beautiful days at home. very nice. hopefully healthy always and bahagai with family.
regard. @muhammadabi form indonesia

Terima kasih

Terimakasih kembali.

Seagras and rice and all the other stuff...I am getting hungry with your pictures! I know you will find a way to satisfy your retirement and a good balance between quiet and connecting with other people/old friends.
I also like the wallpapers :)

Yes, Steemit is really nice place for the retired

Wow, a great post @slowwalker, keep enjoying your retirement sir, I wish to be like you when I grow up.

This delicious food, i appreciate this photography.
resteemit

Seems so yummy!! @slowwalker 이렇게 정갈한 한식밥상 너무 좋아요~^^ 한국인으로서 이렇게 멋진 콘텐츠 포스팅하시는거 자랑스럽습니다^^

after you evolve to loneliness... you will feel like, it's the best thing happened to you... Some times it's like freedom.. Nothing to worry.. and you will have time for enjoy yourself... and you had a delicious meal... so.. don't worry about loneliness. you will get use to it and you will enjoy it

Yes, I hope so.

enjoy eating is the most fun especially during retirement like you .. I really like your post hopefully be an inspiration for other friends.

Thank you

Hi@slowwalker retirement period is the best time to relax to remind us sometimes we need to take a break from our daily routine..as a mom now working full time, i missed the time when i am still working, time flies so fast you didnt notice you dont even have a time for yourself to do the things you left undone.hope this time you'll find time to do the things you didnt do while your busy on your career just like for your health recovery.

Thank you for your warm words

sir it is bad thing to eat alone please invite us to eat with you then you can share your food with us

it is very tasty.
can i ask for a little @slowwalker?

Wow, the dishes look exquisite and delicious. the important thing is to enjoy the good times, it does not matter if we are alone or accompanied. I loved your post.
I would like to have your support in my publications. Thank you

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You gotta be kidding! Wow!!

I started a diet on Wednesday, and your post has made me hungry.

lol

Sir job life is so tuff and diseplinary life, and after retirement every person enjoy freedom existence.
I have seems exact on you sir. It is a time to experience a number of the belongings you have been too busy to whilst you were working. Revel in your freedom stay with us experience steem plateform.

Thank you

very nice food. thank you friend.

The lunch looks so nice, that's a lot to eat by yourself. I don't quite understand the correlation between eating alone and health though, is it because of the drinking culture in korea? I have a few Korean friends and any time we eat together the soju will come out :P I like that you're taking time to self reflect, it's a good way to find your strengths and negatives and become a better person.

The Chinese restaurant looks really good! It looks as if it's northern Chinese food which is usually sweet and sour foods. There's a northwestern restaurant near me that myself and friends love to visit occasionally. They have great sweet and sour pork as well as soy sauce eggs. Which was your favorite of the Chinese dishes?

I love all chinese dishes. hahaha

nice wall paper!

i am reading about portion control diet now a days and your lunch is looking good in portions.stay blessed and healthy life.healthy diet has good effects on our mood ,life and health.

Yes, I believe healthy meal brings healthy thinking and life

by eating a nutritious food then our body will feel healthy and that and our activities are always comfortable, successful for @slowwalker

eat in special places sometimes exciting,Moreover, if a unique.your life very lucky, spend time-retirement to do things unique.others with our people, few people who have jobs, they work from a young age to old, without feeling pension.success is always for you, hope your days are always fun.keep your health, thank you have to share

Thank you so much

@slowwalker, you are still strong to move out, have lunch, do chit chats with friends and have fun over dinner. Loneliness is not good for you now, especially retired. Think of those things you had always wanted to do and do them. You have retired, it is time to have fun. Get something or someone or the both.

Thank you so much

Hi, Awesome photography.. Thanks for sharing. very helpful and informative.
Hope you could share some tips about photography blogging. Have a wonderful day.

I would gladly love to eat that amazing, sumptuous lunch with you. Wow. Really nice and rich, i must say.
That's one thing about retirement, you have more time on your hands and you feel lonely sometimes. I admire the fact that, you use it to reflect, sometimes. That is one fine looking restaurant. Really nice sir. Well done. I am sure you had fun with your Alumni and memory popped in too, with some good, healthy laugh.
Happy retirement sir. One month gone.

yes, thank you

Really glad to hear that.

congrats...happy to support..you may like my recent couple posts..thanks

The food is delicious friends although the restaurant is small ..
Retirement is indeed the time to rest @slowwalker, your amazing friends have set up your health all to prepare for the present ..

The food looks good‼️
I like the wallpaper aswell as it tells a story📖👌🏾
Hopefully I can join the club one day🤞🏾📈🚀♻️

You are a good writer. It was coming in slow and steady. Well I here That retirement life is not easy for some people, I hope yours is exciting.
Sorry to here about your health, wishing you good and quick recovery.


nice dish @slowwaker
You had there some well-balanced meal and low fat too @slowwalker . It will surely give you a better health disposition since you are eating healthy foods. Maybe feeling lonely means that you need something to do like what you just like to do in life, in that way you will get happier. Just remember that you are not really sick like me and you are really in a great situation in life that most people are dreaming about.

Yes, Steemit ease my lonelyness

I love Korean food, especially Banchan @slowwalker.

I have Korean relatives, so I appreciate this kind of food. My aunt made it for us when I was a child, and she taught me how to use chopsticks. :) Anyway, at least you can eat this kind of food cheaply where you are. Here in the US, this would be an expensive meal. Thanks for the lovely post.

Yes, so I will live in Korea to eat cheap lunch

It's really great to see that you are enjoying your life and also enjoying your retirement and the best part in this i found is you show us the importance of give some quality time to ourselves without any one's interference 😇😇

And all food items are looking beautiful and colourful.thanks for sharing these moments with us.

Thank you for comment.
Yes, I am really satisfying my retirement life.

very very nice post and your photography are best in steemit we also follow your post and your steemit account I love your post believe me friend you are the best

Wow! beautiful @slowwalker

  ·  7 years ago 

那道皮蛋真的是超級吸引我的目光,好想吃啊!

This looks so yummy!

Well i did not know that you are enjoying a retired life. Yes, this life always has mixed feelings og both happiness & sadness altogether.
Really sad to hear about your health condition and even felt more sad that you often took lunch lonely :-(

Chinese food is prevailing all over and people are fond of such type of food i am happy that you spent some quality time with your friends, wonderful :-)

Thanks a lot for the awesome photographs :-) :-)

Thank you so much

It's nice that you get to meet with old friends. Are they still working or they have retired too? Id like to retire at 40 years old but I don't think I can do that. Haha. Gotta pay the bills and keep working until there's enough money to support the retirement.

Please take care of your health. ❤ We still have a lot to learn from you. 😊

Yes, money is important for enjoying retirement

Wowww....those are delicious lunch @slowwalker, never mind when you can enjoy your own life after all

Cheers
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Enjoy your retirement! You have been posting very regularly. You must enjoy this aspect of your life now - to document your day in great detail. Thank you for sharing your interesting posts!

Thank you.
Posting in Steemit is my source of power after the retirement

Watch for your health and nutrition whether you are young or old. Healthy food is something we need to be more educated about, especially we need to educate our children about it.

If you have a car that runs on gasoline, you will not fill its tank with diesel... Same happens with people. Our oganism needs healthy organic food!

Enjoy your retirement. Well, I see you're already enjoying it!

Much love!

wow.
your words are awesome on healthy food

Thanks @slowwalker, we need to share real knowledge to enpower ourselves and our organism so we can think more clearly and live more happily...

Cheers!

good food friends

Wow .... The same food as in my country is indonesia.Saya really love the eggs of the cow's eye. kerenn broeee

Woow 😍I love the Chinese and Japanese restaurant

Congratulations on your retirement. Here is a special dedication post for you.
https://steemit.com/history/@pinheiroemmanuel/a-special-dedication-post-to-slowwalker-on-her-retirement

Wow you ate all of that?

Retirement sure is fun.

Almost a month passed away from lefting my job like you. I've just read a book "can I live freely with doing like ones?" The author said "yes. Why not!" The life is too short to do something without meaning. Good luck to you and to me.^^

I get scared when I hear word retirement. It makes me think that I'm getting old. But actually You feel great...Getting up later, relaxed day...You will make me change my attitude towards that...Chinese food has many colours and many tastes inside, so I would add it also as Your dentist friend and You...The only thing I would avoid is meat...😉

This almost reads as a long prose-y poem. Beauty in the everyday moments, both happy and lonely. Glad to see food pics are welcomed here at Steemit. Im new here and look forward to reading some more of your work. Bless.

this comes with so much beauty..I wish you could invite me someday to dine with you,lol..thanks for this @slowwalker

I hope your lunch is good friends and my food is very good friend and my success is always for you @slowwalker

Food is a luxurious friend .. Of course very fun ... Our bodies are always needed food .. Like that ..

Retirement looks good on you sir. It's a time to enjoy some of the things you were too busy to while you were working. Sorry about your health problem and I hope you overcome it. Enjoy your freedom ☺

Congratulations tasted lunch and dinner. look more delicious dinner than lunch. interesting stories

I can understand the need for a “cave". I have no privacy now and it's driving me a little crazy.

Retirement should be good for your health as long as you stay active and have goals. Less stress I hope!

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Congrats on your achievement. Your consistent hard work has paid off.

Like indonesian food

I lend you a my opossum so that you never eat alone again. It's a lot of food, what's the dessert? That's what I would eat with more pleasure.
What health problems do you have? I do not want you to get sick, I like your culture and I want to continue learning from it.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Korean food is Kimchi, you had many kinds. So tasty 😋 If you were in Japan, I will have lunch with you.

Wow! The food seems delicious!

Food is most important for our health.Specially only well hygienic food.I love food. And I like well food.I don't eat more out of limit.So,I think this is well for health.

Good post

good food friends

Nice food Sir good photography

That's all the food you show is very tasty. I'd love to taste it. You really enjoy your retirement.

Wow nice your post

Your food look like acehnese food except for dumplings. I think retirement allows you to have free time. You can freely go and visit your family. :)

wonderful post sir. people have a lively heart can enjoy every moment of their life. loneliness is not a problem for them.