<![CDATA[Comments on: Cpod's Upcoming Anniversary]]> here. Click here to find out about our Endless Summer promotion. To learn more about our Guided and Executive packages, simply click here.]]> 2010-08-14 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: alexlexilu]]> why is the guided + plan for 24 mths more expensive then twice the guided plan... (699 vs 1499)?? For all other categories it is a bit cheaper...

]]> why is the guided + plan for 24 mths more expensive then twice the guided plan... (699 vs 1499)?? For all other categories it is a bit cheaper...

]]> <![CDATA[By: mengguren]]> did the guest say what he does in Korea (his job) ?

]]> did the guest say what he does in Korea (his job) ?

]]> <![CDATA[By: quasifrog]]> 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?

]]> 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?

]]> <![CDATA[By: go_manly]]> What makes you think CPod 'turned off' the site. Their server went down 2 days ago for a number of hours - I don't think choice played a part.

Anyway, how do you know the site doesn't go down while you sleep?

]]> What makes you think CPod 'turned off' the site. Their server went down 2 days ago for a number of hours - I don't think choice played a part.

Anyway, how do you know the site doesn't go down while you sleep?

]]> <![CDATA[By: mengguren]]> @ gotmanly : maybe he's a vampire and never sleeps, just like me

]]> @ gotmanly : maybe he's a vampire and never sleeps, just like me

]]> <![CDATA[By: shi3ke4li4]]> Great News and Features.  Thank you for the links in the Discussion paragraph, especially the one for guided and executive packages.  Congratulations!!! for five years of Chinese Pod. 

]]> Great News and Features.  Thank you for the links in the Discussion paragraph, especially the one for guided and executive packages.  Congratulations!!! for five years of Chinese Pod. 

]]> <![CDATA[By: walidshaari]]> so that is what it was, for me it was a couple of days that i can access then can not access, and still the access seems to be much slower than before

]]> so that is what it was, for me it was a couple of days that i can access then can not access, and still the access seems to be much slower than before

]]> <![CDATA[By: alexlexilu]]> YES I agree... the site is extremely slow these past few days and many pages wont download.... even in Canada

]]> YES I agree... the site is extremely slow these past few days and many pages wont download.... even in Canada

]]> <![CDATA[By: alexlexilu]]> and I cannot see anyone's avatar picture and all the links are underlined...

]]> and I cannot see anyone's avatar picture and all the links are underlined...

]]> <![CDATA[By: mengguren]]> I just listened to this whole thing for the second time, and I honestly have to say that the interview (or whatever you want to call it) with the guest was horribly done. I totally understand that you want to promote your products and services, but you can take 5 seconds to ask questions that people might actually be interested in. Such as "what do you do in korea?" , "what made you want to go there in the first place?" , "any obvious differences in Chinese/Korean cities?"

And the part where the female host (forgot her name) says "I find Chinese might be a little more practical as far as numbers" is really random and akward, because people can study any language they want and besides, Korean is actually a major language! It's not like the guest said he's studying Chinese and Navajo.

John, thanks a lot for not asking meaningful questions and instead asking "are you a Korean spy?" Not only was that not funny, but it didn't even make sense.

]]> I just listened to this whole thing for the second time, and I honestly have to say that the interview (or whatever you want to call it) with the guest was horribly done. I totally understand that you want to promote your products and services, but you can take 5 seconds to ask questions that people might actually be interested in. Such as "what do you do in korea?" , "what made you want to go there in the first place?" , "any obvious differences in Chinese/Korean cities?"

And the part where the female host (forgot her name) says "I find Chinese might be a little more practical as far as numbers" is really random and akward, because people can study any language they want and besides, Korean is actually a major language! It's not like the guest said he's studying Chinese and Navajo.

John, thanks a lot for not asking meaningful questions and instead asking "are you a Korean spy?" Not only was that not funny, but it didn't even make sense.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> I enjoyed the interview. I'm not looking for some probing currrent affairs type interview...just a bit of fun. It may be that the poddie didn't want to divulge personal information like what he did in Korea and that's not likely to be too relevant to the study of Chinese. I especially enjoyed the spy joke. I think the interviews should remain as they are..relaxed ,friendly and informal. Just having a chat to a friend who's dropped by.

]]> I enjoyed the interview. I'm not looking for some probing currrent affairs type interview...just a bit of fun. It may be that the poddie didn't want to divulge personal information like what he did in Korea and that's not likely to be too relevant to the study of Chinese. I especially enjoyed the spy joke. I think the interviews should remain as they are..relaxed ,friendly and informal. Just having a chat to a friend who's dropped by.

]]> <![CDATA[By: quasifrog]]> 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.

]]> 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.

]]> <![CDATA[By: maktubhelou]]> I think that was the gist of it, bababardwan. ;-)

@mengguren, I'm an English Teacher, if you're really curious. But, yeah, mainly, I think the topic was meant to be about Chinese, not my relatively normal expat life :-)

It's not so much that I didn't want to talk about it, is that I was pretty sure nobody would find it very interesting.

In the meantime, if you're interested in Korea, I'd be glad to answer any questions. Just having returned, I'm brimming with ideas about how the two cultures differ, and also about the similarities they share. But again, only if you're interested, then ask away.

]]> I think that was the gist of it, bababardwan. ;-)

@mengguren, I'm an English Teacher, if you're really curious. But, yeah, mainly, I think the topic was meant to be about Chinese, not my relatively normal expat life :-)

It's not so much that I didn't want to talk about it, is that I was pretty sure nobody would find it very interesting.

In the meantime, if you're interested in Korea, I'd be glad to answer any questions. Just having returned, I'm brimming with ideas about how the two cultures differ, and also about the similarities they share. But again, only if you're interested, then ask away.

]]> <![CDATA[By: maktubhelou]]> I think that was the gist of it, bababardwan. ;-)

@mengguren, I'm an English Teacher, if you're really curious. But, yeah, mainly, I think the topic was meant to be about Chinese, not my relatively normal expat life :-)

It's not so much that I didn't want to talk about it, is that I was pretty sure nobody would find it very interesting.

In the meantime, if you're interested in Korea, I'd be glad to answer any questions. Just having returned, I'm brimming with ideas about how the two cultures differ, and also about the similarities they share. But again, only if you're interested, then ask away.

]]> I think that was the gist of it, bababardwan. ;-)

@mengguren, I'm an English Teacher, if you're really curious. But, yeah, mainly, I think the topic was meant to be about Chinese, not my relatively normal expat life :-)

It's not so much that I didn't want to talk about it, is that I was pretty sure nobody would find it very interesting.

In the meantime, if you're interested in Korea, I'd be glad to answer any questions. Just having returned, I'm brimming with ideas about how the two cultures differ, and also about the similarities they share. But again, only if you're interested, then ask away.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> hey mate, I'd love it if you started a post on your ideas about how the two cultures differ and their similarities, particularly how they differ. I doubt that I would be alone either.

]]> hey mate, I'd love it if you started a post on your ideas about how the two cultures differ and their similarities, particularly how they differ. I doubt that I would be alone either.

]]> <![CDATA[By: tvan]]> alexlexilu, its an apples and oranges sort of thing. The guided+ plan has one ten minute call and one minute twenty minute calls each week; the guide plan has one ten minute call per week. Here's a address. http://chinesepod.com/packages/courses/individual

]]> alexlexilu, its an apples and oranges sort of thing. The guided+ plan has one ten minute call and one minute twenty minute calls each week; the guide plan has one ten minute call per week. Here's a address. http://chinesepod.com/packages/courses/individual

]]> <![CDATA[By: tvan]]> alexlexilu, its an apples and oranges sort of thing. The guided+ plan has one ten minute call and one minute twenty minute calls each week; the guide plan has one ten minute call per week. Here's a address. http://chinesepod.com/packages/courses/individual

]]> alexlexilu, its an apples and oranges sort of thing. The guided+ plan has one ten minute call and one minute twenty minute calls each week; the guide plan has one ten minute call per week. Here's a address. http://chinesepod.com/packages/courses/individual

]]> <![CDATA[By: zhenlijiang]]> I agree with mengguren that the interview could have been done better. By spending all that time to make sure we get it that Mark is visiting China not from Canada his home country but from Korea then being mysterious and cute in not saying what he does in Korea, you only end up raising many ???s among listeners, as if there were some kind of intrigue about it. If you really think it's irrelevant or don't want to spend time on it all you have to do is say "So Mark is teaching English now in Korea." And he says "That's right". And you move on. That would take what, four seconds max.

]]> I agree with mengguren that the interview could have been done better. By spending all that time to make sure we get it that Mark is visiting China not from Canada his home country but from Korea then being mysterious and cute in not saying what he does in Korea, you only end up raising many ???s among listeners, as if there were some kind of intrigue about it. If you really think it's irrelevant or don't want to spend time on it all you have to do is say "So Mark is teaching English now in Korea." And he says "That's right". And you move on. That would take what, four seconds max.

]]> <![CDATA[By: alexlexilu]]> actually, sorry to contradict you but if you look well you will see that you can choose 2 x 10 mins or 2 x 20 mins.... therefore my question cuz all the other plans are cheaper then twice the regular one... otherwise whats the benefit...

]]> actually, sorry to contradict you but if you look well you will see that you can choose 2 x 10 mins or 2 x 20 mins.... therefore my question cuz all the other plans are cheaper then twice the regular one... otherwise whats the benefit...

]]> <![CDATA[By: quasifrog]]>

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.

]]>

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.

]]> <![CDATA[By: yijin]]> maybe you could try the free consultation, and see what the Course Consultant says

]]> maybe you could try the free consultation, and see what the Course Consultant says

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