User Comments - quasifrog

Posted on: Help Calling a Cab

I only know riding in BJ, and I cannot count the amount of times a car sat on my ass blowing its horn (even though I was flowing along with traffic slightly better than the speed limit) just because it saw two wheels. I have a motorcycle license in China and I know the laws, but they don't apply on the offensively rude and dangerous streets of BJ. On the other hand, I have enjoyed running more red light lights in a day here than I ever have in America so......;)

Posted on: Help Calling a Cab

I love how the lesson photo shows the motorcycle in stopped traffic with the cars, waiting in peaceful harmony.  I would love to see a China where the cars don't think they have the right to crush anything with only two wheels or two feet in front of them. I'm sure the car behind the motorcyclist is sitting on his horn to express his disatisfaction that the subordinate two-wheeled vehicle is in its entitled space.

Posted on: Walking the Bird

等他走了，我们再进去。
In the expnasion section, is the reader saying: qin(g) qu instead of jinqu? 

I struggle a lot with pronunciation, espeically with C and Q in pinyin, but I thought I had the J down.

Posted on: Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang)

Have to say Qing Wens have been really good. You guys have been doing the work and I benefit.

Posted on: Learning about Levels

Well it only took 8 minutes and 41 seconds of their time, and it was done on a Sunday so I wouldn't accuse them of being lazy or lax in their mission to teach us Madarin.

John and Jenny (and Ken) have done the bulk of work in helpng me to learn this language for the past couple of years. I can't wait to get into the higher level classes, but I am just not there yet. It's nice to hear these estimates and timeframes when it comes to measuring progress and level advancement.

Again, this is a very appreciated 8 minutes and 41 seconds that we got as a bonus from them on a Sunday!

Posted on: Learning about Levels

Total pros!  John and Jenny, you two have taught me a lot over the past 2 1/2 years.  Everything you mentoned about the process in this podcast is something that I was relating to in my personal learning situation. 

The jump from Intermediate to Advanced Intermediate is a tough one ( I was thinking), and Jenny just confirmed that for me.  My goal is to be doing advanced lessons by next summer.  I am speaking better and better here in the Beijing streets and my life here improves because of it.  With a busy work schedule, chinesepod is my best real option for learning and I am convinced that I will arrive because of this website and the hard work of my podcast teachers. 

Dinner in Shanghai is certainly on me when I come for my CP pilgrimage.

Posted on: Cpod's Upcoming Anniversary

Seems I am NOT going to get a reply. Really sad.

Chinesepod is losing its warmth. One of the things that made it great was the personal touch of the founder. It's still a great way to learn Chinese, but it's become stuffy. This is typical of any company over time.

I am happy to have learned so much here, and I am very grateful to ALL of the staff (John, Ken, Jenny, Connie, Liliana) for so much help these past couple of years.

Oh! And Catherine, your englishpod guy is teaching with some kind of thick Phillylike accent. He says "duh" instead of "the", and duh text and duh audio are full of mistakes. This is not very professional for a company that wants to be ALL business now.

Posted on: Cpod's Upcoming Anniversary

Really slow today! Took me five minutes to sign in and get this page only to find other customer speculation and no staff response to my question. My question/complaint is not really too serioius, but I am curious to get a reply.

Posted on: Cpod's Upcoming Anniversary

When your site is down for maintenance or whatever, I am always in the middle of a lesson.  Why not turn it off when the Western Hemisphere is awake and we in China are asleep?  Seriously, are there more customers in Asia(Eastern Hemisphere) or over there?  What's the ratio?  Why do I have to suffer your site being down while they sleep and I wanna learn here in Beijing?

Posted on: Peter Bomer and his Soulfire Radio

I was wondering yesterday what happened to the Jenny Zhu Show!  Glad it's still a part of the podcasts.   Who doesn't like cigars, food, whiskey and wine?!?!?!?!?  Time to learn more about Peter....