Excellent fireworks from an excellent city. Shot of Taipei 101, Taiwan, from 2006, stolen from here.
I decided---or my laziness decided for me---to watch 12:00 am roll around on the television. I flipped around the networks to catch a countdown or party or something, and landed on one on KBS. Turns out it was the Gwangju feed and they were doing something in front of the old Provincial Hall. The other networks were running the award shows for their dramas. For the last minute they put the time on the screen, although there was no countdown, and the MCs actually talked over the entrance of the New Year, and about a half-minute later some people (rather hastily, it looked) sent up bottle rockets and cheers. For the next few minutes some government officials rang the big bell at the pavillion across from the Provincial Hall, and a few minutes later it was back to the song and dance. Rather anticlimactic, but I guess more sensible than waiting for Carson Daly to tell us when to clap. The New Year was rung in by cable channels CGV and Story On with softcore porn.
I figured there'd be a big countdown in Seoul, or something, but for some reason I didn't get the feed on any of my channels. The significant bell-ringing takes place not in Gwangju but at Bosingak Pavillion in downtown Seoul. Not as cool as Taipei.
Well, it's an arbitrary day as any for me to decide to exercise more, eat healthier, study Korean lots more, and stop being such a dumb-ass. I should be in town for Seollal, the Lunar New Year, when the more authentic celebrations begin. Anyway, Happy Korean New Year to me, to mine, to you, and to yours.
Edit: Arirang is showing people playing a video hockey game. LMFAO.
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