Why Lantian Is Great
John
July 17, 2007, 09:50 AM posted in General DiscussionThis is a post dedicated to Lantian. He is a very smart, active user. We value his feedback very highly.
I would like to hear your reasons why Lantian is great.
By all means, leave lots of comments.
Lantian
July 18, 2007, 02:47 AM危险的湖头！ - The treachery!! wei xian de hu tou Now everyone go to the LUV COUNTDOWN thread and post there. It's too embarrassing for me to have all these comments here!! 你们太过奖，太过奖了！(No more of this flattery， guo4 jiang3) 求求你们去那边谢谢Jenny 和Cpod 呀！ qiu2 qiu2 ni men qu na bian xie xie Jenny he Cpod ya. Go over to the other thread and thank Jenny and Cpod there!!! 我快能输了，相信大家能帮帮我， 帮帮我啊！ LOL 大男先生，你的劲太害了。老代求你啊！小虎兄弟你干啥！ 嗯咛。。。你应该多谢他们的帮助！ Laodai, why does paper turn transparent when water is dropped on it. Now go answer in the other thread!!!
excuter
July 17, 2007, 10:14 AMdamn algo...ohoh....carefull don´t post here if you don´t want John to win against Lantian (don´t seem to be a cold war anymore he?)
KennyK
July 17, 2007, 10:19 AMHAHA... When I read this I laughed out loud!!! LOL I gotta leave a post... I think LanTian is great and smart and good-looking and his chinese rocks!!! Thank you guys (LanTian and John) for making me smile today :) *** By the way... I'm commenting to both LanTian and John's post... this way, although will give you guys one more point overall, it will cancel out against each other
italiana
July 17, 2007, 11:30 AMWhat about me?? Just kidding, I ask too many questions. Yes, he does have a lot of helpful and interesting topics though.
man2toe
July 17, 2007, 01:23 PMLantian is valuable for many reasons. The one reason that I would like to bring up is his willingness to use Mandarin to post and communicate. At times here in Cpod, opinions are expressed that discourage the use of characters. Some don't like characters, some think that seeing a bad sentence in Mandarin will hurt their learning.(if this was truly the case, just think how bad all of our English skills would be) IMO Lantian's attitude is what is needed to really learn Mandarin well. The choice not to learn characters is a choice not to learn Mandarin well. The choice not to post in Mandarin is a choice not to stretch one's Mandarin abilities. So, Lantian rocks for many reasons, but here I mention Lantian's courage to throw his whole self into learning.
jennyzhu
July 17, 2007, 02:09 PMLantian is the living proof of self motivation, discpline and to some extent, the effectiveness of chinesepod (I have to throw that in). If you trace back his comments, it is a clear path of steady growth of linguistic ability and also active involvement. Certainly a Chinesepod Hall of Famer, like so many of you guys out there.
John
July 17, 2007, 03:16 PMHear, hear. You all speak so much truth, and yet there remains still so much unspoken. Perhaps we could hear more from others... ...or even Lantian himself??
amber
July 17, 2007, 03:25 PMYes, Lantian is so wonderful. He gives me nicknames like "A1 steaksauce" and teaches me how to optimize my time in order to best live a live of leisure, like him... Although his 'we like Amber' post is a thinly veiled self-serving plot, he has learned that flattery gets him everywhere, including shout outs on Cpod podcasts, only adding to his infamy. LANTIAN, oh no, this means one more post for JOHN! you are getting behind... you had better get out of bed before noon tomorrow and write a whole bunch of nice things about me on your post to catch up, hehehe!
frank
July 17, 2007, 03:27 PMAh, but Amber, writing on his own post would only detract from his score! And can I get an amen on how many CPod staffers are doing this on their own time? Look at the time stamps on these things. It's almost midnight in Shanghai and we've seen posts from John, Amber, David and Jenny! These are people who love what they do!
bazza
July 17, 2007, 10:02 AMDo you really think we'll fall for that one? Oh darn... ;)
man2toe
July 17, 2007, 03:31 PMAmen.
azerdocmom
July 17, 2007, 03:32 PMI JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!! NOW, GO TO BED! YOU NEED YOUR BEAUTY SLEEP!!!!! YOU WILL GET SICK FROM SLEEP DEPRIVATION! SINCERELY, your devoted ER doctor and Mom!
daizi
July 17, 2007, 05:49 PM蓝天 Lántiān is like Rayleigh scattering (i.e., he's the answer to that age-old question: why is the sky blue?).
azerdocmom
July 17, 2007, 05:52 PMhuh?
daizi
July 17, 2007, 06:43 PM蓝天 Lántiān=blue sky. Rayleigh scattering [named for Lord Rayleigh, aka John William Strutt, Nobel Prize in Physics 1904] refers to the scattering of light off of the molecules of the air. It is Rayleigh scattering which gives us our blue sky. And Lantian's particles of wisdom make all our days brighter in much the same way. How's that for a metaphorical stretch?
azerdocmom
July 17, 2007, 07:28 PMThat's awesome, you sound really SMART!
daizi
July 17, 2007, 08:06 PM我们只不过同学。何必那么客气！ Wǒmen zhǐbuguò tóngxué. Hébì nàme kèqi！ We're just classmates; don't be so polite!
xiaohu
July 18, 2007, 01:05 AMI have to leave a post just as a vote in the Lantian corner!
John
July 17, 2007, 03:29 PMAmen!
excuter
July 17, 2007, 09:56 AMOk, he has a hughe knowlegde and helps out if there are questions, but you don´t want to cheat to get him higher in the most active user list do you? ;-)