Every New Year's Eve, the Jamshil Lotte World Tower, currently the tallest building in South Korea, does its version of the Times Square ball drop: the entire building becomes a huge light show; a digital countdown timer for the final sixty seconds of the year appears on the building's enormous flank; at exactly midnight, the lights go crazy, and fireworks erupt orgasmically into the night as Seoul's largest phallic symbol ejaculates in celebration of the switchover to the new year. Back when I lived in Apartment 637 of my building, I had an eastward-facing window that gave me the perfect view of Lotte World Tower. No longer: I'm now in a westward-facing studio that offers a lame view of construction going on up the street. But if I go through the fire doors next to the elevators on my floor, I can find eastward-facing windows and look out at the Tower. About 90 seconds before midnight last night, I started recording the Tower in anticipation of the fireworks. Here's what I saw:
I can only surmise that, in a time of pandemic-related restrictions, with people not being allowed to gather en masse, there's little point in celebrating the new year. That's a demoralizing beginning to 2021. Let's hope this doesn't herald another year of disasters.
ADDENDUM: Charles declares himself ready to just move on.
Yep, the sheeple here were denied officially sanctioned firework displays too. The rebels amongst them did their own.
ReplyDeleteHope springs eternal. Best wishes for the new year!