User Comments - quasifrog

Posted on: Dare to Use 敢

John has never seemed so smitten.  The new, latina host has moistened my normally dry teacher.  YEAH YOU RIGHT!!!!

Posted on: City Series: Bali

Wait!  Bitter?  I thought the reason they do the animal process is to take the acidity and bitterness out of the bean.  I had some from Vietnam and it was probably the smoothest coffee I ever drank. 

Posted on: China Street Smart with John Chan

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

What's a bar pickup without establishing a better grasp of the universe?

Posted on: China Street Smart with John Chan

Wow Matt!  That's some very enlightened thought from a technical guy.  You're like a poet-engineer.  Some of the most memorable women I have ever known were met in bars.  Never met one in a sauna though.

Posted on: China Street Smart with John Chan

This show was a great idea.  Not only do I live here as an expat and struggle with language, but the hope is to encounter more and more work and cultural successes too.  This show was made with me in mind (not on purpose I'm sure).

Beijing vs. Shanghai is a very interesting topic to me.  I chose a life here in Beijing, but I often think about switching to China's other big city.  I wonder if Shanghai life would be more suitable to my personality.  I wonder of Shanghaihua might be more understandable than Beijinghua. Is the expat scene different?  Etc.,etc., etc. I'll bet a show on this subject would be really great.

Thanks for everything Jenny.  Your enthusiasm, ambition and energy have made Chinesepod great for me since I first joined.  Good luck with this show.

Posted on: 把 Humbug

Dialogue section for Qing Wen! 

Very cool.

Thanks for this!

Posted on: Pair, Set, Match 双, 副, 对 , 套

Very useful.

Thank you Connie, Pete and Jenny!

Posted on: Is China Scary?

Moreover, China is not scary, Chinese is, so how about a little extra effort from the people who are helping us here?

Posted on: Is China Scary?

I know people who speak Mandarin with only the smallest knowledge of characters.  I am ahead on the pinyin and behind on the characters.  I merely request more pinyin attached to the characters in the discussion.  I am sure I am not alone on this.

When I first came to China I focused on the pinyin and neglected the characters due to time restraints. Now I am trying to add characters to my daily work, and it is a small request to combine the pinyin in these discussions like they do in the lessons.  I benefit from this website, I only hope that the people who run this site understand that some of us do what is necessary and pertinent in our varying efforts to pursue this language.

Posted on: Is China Scary?

OMG!  All I wanted was some extended pinyin in the discussion section.  Jeeze we've got some nutjobs here.  I give up.  Chinesepod, do what you like.  And, thanks for all of the great lessons.