Welcome to the first edition of “What in the World Wednesdays” & my first blog giveaway!

[fanfare, fanfare, fanfare]

Ahem…I’ve been here a little over 2 months now & I’ve become quite the connoisseur of Korean commercials.

(Of course I have no idea what they’re saying…but I can sing almost every jingle – including this one.)

Some are funny, some are weird & some are downright ‘what in the world?‘.

Today’s inaugural commercial definitely qualifies for ‘what in the world?‘ It’s played very regularly on multiple channels and it doesn’t take long for the song to get stuck in your head…following you around like a bad taco after Mexican night.

It also personifies the odd & yet to be understood use of yellow in Korean culture.

(I’m a graphic designer, I notice these things…and yellow is everywhere.)

The winner will receive this brand-spankin’ new, ain’t it purty, authentic Korea Starbucks mug straight from the Starbucks at Camp Humphreys.

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So today’s contest question is…

What in the world are they selling?

And now for the rules:

• Enter by commenting to this post. You can share anything you want, but I’m considering a bonus prize for the person with the funniest answer.
• You can only post/enter once – sorry, but ‘dems the breaks.
• Since the blog is still fairly new, the contest will be open for one solid week because well…how embarrassing would it be to have only one person enter?
• The contest will end next Tuesday, August 4th, at 10pm – that’s US central time to help keep things easy.
• I’ll use random.org to pick a number from the total number of  comments.
• I’ll post the winning number on the blog, some of the more creative replies & the answer to what in the world are they selling.
• If your comment number matches, you’ve won!
• Simply email me with your address & the Korean Starbucks mug will be on it’s way to you along with my eternal thanks for humoring me,ahh…playing along.

Have fun & keep it clean!

PS - if you have trouble getting the video to load, 1) let me know & 2) you can view it here.

PSS – Sorry for the video quality. I’m filming from my camera on a fuzzy Korean TV signal without movie editing software to clean things up - so it cuts off the first split-second.

But hey, you get a glimpse of two lovely Korean women on floaties before it cuts off.

(They’re not part of this particular commercial, just the beginnings of the next one they played.)