Jenny's a Covergirl!!!

Xiaohu,我同意，可是Chinesepod also crushes dreams... just crushed... totally crushed... :P

hi lordstanley!  Jenny has really good taste :-)  I shudder to think of what would be sitting on her shelf at home had the Pens fallen into a victory.  *shudder*.  lol.

That's a fantasic interview! Nice questions nice answers.

What's up Jenny?

祝贺祝贺， 恭喜你！ 你这个封面女郎太漂亮了!

很幽默， 文章里暗示因为 Jenny 有个加拿大的男朋友所以男的听众会很失望。 呵呵，我觉得就像当， 詹妮弗-安尼斯顿和布拉德·皮特 结婚的时候一样有几亿个男人同时叫 nnnnnooooooooooooooo!!!

This article is just more proof that Chinesepod is the best Chinese language learning resource on the internet!

Bingge, be sure to go to Jennyzhu.com and check out the July 4 entry about what Jenny bought as a souvenir while in Toronto. I have a feeling you'll like it, as did I.

太好了!  祝贺你，Jenny.  You're well deserving of all the praise and accolades you receive :)

Finally got a copy! My brother brought me home a copy from Shanghai! Haha, time to frame it...but first, how do we get Jenny to sign it?? hehe..

wei1xiao4, thank you ! yes, I am a chinesepod groupie too!哈哈^_^

Congratulation Jenny!

Btw, cover girl=封面女郎feng1mian4nv3lang2.

封面feng1mian4, that's cover!

eg:这本杂志的封面很漂亮。zhe4 ben3 za2zhi4 de1 feng1mian4 hen3 piao4liang4.

The cover of this magazine is very beautiful.

FYI, it would take you more than 15 years to get to Jenny if you traveled at the speed of warp 9.

it wasnt geographical distance that bazza was referring to but he will find his true love. Then he will wonder why he wanted one :-)

Bazaa, I think you were just too late, not too far out of reach.  It was timing not distance.

I think 23,457 light years is farther than London... heh.  (And yeah, I keep forgetting your not in London.... what?  Britain has other cities??? ;)

auntie68 says

But given that over-protective guys like bazza are probably having more-than-casual thoughts about hiring ninjas to deal with our mysterious friend "Durian (Who Is Not Dashan)", why don't we give the lucky Canadian guy full rights to the code name?

 

If they've been together for 8 months, they're obviously happy, so he has my blessing.

Jenny has always 23,457.4 light years out of my league anyway. :P

Could we make another thread about the Durian (apart from this one or maybe Ask Amber two weeks ago) where we would put all our anecdotes on the FRUIT ?

Btw, nobody wants to create a group about cuisine ? That would be a good place for the durian discussion.

Thanks for the links to the great article.  Jenny rocks!

Hi buckaroo. I can see where you're coming from. I do like the name buckaroo; what woman wouldn't?

But given that over-protective guys like bazza are probably having more-than-casual thoughts about hiring ninjas to deal with our mysterious friend "Durian (Who Is Not Dashan)", why don't we give the lucky Canadian guy full rights to the code name?

Auntie, I suppose "Durian" would be a suitable code name for Jenny's boyfriend.

But hey, I have another suggestion.  How about we use the code name "Buckaroo" instead when referring to Jenny's mysterious suitor?  I think it has a nice ring to it.

(Besides -- I'm from Wisconsin which is practically the same thing as Canada, eh?)

A Canada-born guy whose name is Durian, who came to China to purchase inexpensive China-made hammers and is destined to be killed by a Japanese Ninja? It's tough to be Jenny's boyfriend!

Well, I was struck by the euphony between "Dashan" and "Durian" -- very pretty! --, and I thought that bazza and buckaroo would think it charming...

Besides, durians are thought to be an aphrodisiac. 

I don't know...Durian... Auntie68, are you sure?  Does it really "stink" that much if Jenny is happy? Ha!

On the other hand, she may appreciate a little privacy more.

Out of (nothing but) pure consideration for Jenny Zhu's many loyal (but heartbroken) would-be swains, I hereby move that Jenny Zhu's mysteriously unnamed Canadian Lucky Guy Who Is NOT Dashan be given the (very dashing) code-name "Durian " until such time as she shall see fit to reveal his name to us. How do you vote on this, gentlemen?

"PS My boyfriend is not Dashan".  - thats funny.

Well, we have ruled out at least two - Dashan and Bazza.  Watch out for the paparazzi now. Do they have such a thing in China?

Jenny, I think it's time we tell the world that I am your boyfriend!  I can't go on living this secret life any longer.

There's a couple of pictures on John's flickr page showing it on a magazine stand.

Thank you guys!! It still feels a bit surreal. But the cover is another proof of the success of Cpod and Poddies play a central role in it. It's OUR cover.(JFK Miller, who wrote the article is a Poddie himself.) My parents asked me to translate the article word by word.

PS My boyfriend is not Dashan.  

It's funny that Jenny's "boyfriend" reply has raised the most comments from her listeners here, further proving that Jenny is a genuine 明星，ming2xing1.

London is just as far from me as Edinburgh. :P

In fact looking at a map, I appear to be almost exactly midway between them.

And uh, looking now at Jennyzhu.ocm, one can see her increase of interest in Canada... hmm.... why could that be??  (just noticed she travelled to Canada recently... I've been out of touch)

And yeah, Bazza, time to move on... but STAY AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK!!  ;)  Ha ha... just kidding (well, kind of, but don't test my territorial wolf instincts....whatever they are.... grrrrr....)  Lots of such 华人 in London too... just gotta find their little organizations and get to know them... knowing Chinese DOES help.

rich says
37 minutes ago

Bazza, I guess when Jenny's biggest fan (you) got around to visiting your star, it must have gotten this guy seeing her now to 行动, ha ha. 

At least now I know she's not my soulmate and I can get on with my life. :P

Very nice interview. Thanks for sharing.

Btw: Did we have a lesson on Jazz yet? Maybe, such a lesson would introduce vocab for instruments, styles etc.

Find this image even better than the cover:

http://shanghai.urbanatomy.com/images/box/podpod_b.jpg

Bazza, I guess when Jenny's biggest fan (you) got around to visiting your star, it must have gotten this guy seeing her now to 行动, ha ha. 

I must admit... it does kind of kill a dream... (and makes me wish I was Canadian, heh).  I'd be more likely to talk in Chinese, then Jenny could win the arguemnts... heh.  But ouch, we are just "big brothers" to her...hmm....

Wow! My teacher's a covergirl! Nice shoot Jenny!:)

Jenny,

Chet Baker; WOW!!  King of California Cool.  Surprised / delighted he's the 1st artist mentioned.  I like the stuff he did with Art Pepper.

haha, that was an awesome read (thx bazza). Go Jenny! You may not receive much fan mail but all of us love ya :D

bazza, thanks for providing the link to the article. I really enjoyed reading it, because I'm such a Jenny Fan. 

哇jenny!

我很喜欢你的照片！太美了！！

Only just found time to actually read this. Excellent interview.

That must mean Jenny got a boyfriend just after I visited ChinesePod, coincidence?

My admiration for Jenny extends even further after reading this article.

What a great article! Thanks Weixiao and Bazza!

Brent- Freudian blindness?

Dont forget Amber -  some say she is "the cure for yellow fever". Or was it me that said that? Cant remember :-)

Obviously, The Riddle of the Sphinx made its way to this article. ;o)

Btw, in veteran's english is the "Sphinx-like quality" still the "intelligence" ?

Oh, how gorgeous!

It is interesting that Jenny works only part-time at CP with her being a (or THE) key figure, especially when you bear in mind how much effort must surely be put into production...Do they pay you enough, Jenny?

Congratulations Jenny! Such a good picture!

She is sitting in a "Pod" chair too. How appropriate.

Changye- have another beer. Make it two, this excuse is better than most, we need to celebrate.

I am a little bummed by the boyfriend thing however. Canadian? (dashan maybe :-) ).  Good luck Jen, whoever he is, if he's smart, he wont let you get away.

-RJ

Hi guys,

要是不看就好了！再来一杯扎啤！

Wow, how did I miss that?  That's what I get for trying to comprehend at 7:30 in the morning, before my cup of coffee!

Oh well, the dream is dead...

calkins:

Did you miss the following line?

JZ: [...] And I have a Canadian boyfriend who I've been seeing for about eight months. I think we're both very committed to the relationship, and he speaks fantastic Chinese.

Congratulations, Jenny, and all the best for you two!

Great article, Jenny is such a rock star.

I was a bit disappointed that the question "Does she have a boyfriend?" was never answered.  I guess the mystery continues...at least the dream is still alive ;)

350,000 CPod listeners...

Wow. That is a city. Judging by the comments one might think we are about 20...

I think this is the featured article.

Wow!!!  Congratulations Jenny!  Wish I could get a copy.  Anyway for others to get a copy, or view it on line?