The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Jamuary tracks were put up after last night's recording. Chinese class today, lots of writing and apparently I've improved. New video up on SLV reviewing my homework. Cold! -14 in the morning plus wind chill. Not much doing, though I don't mind staying in. Was thinking if I even have appropriate enough clothes to go to a place like Harbin. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one...

Spring Festival gala... four hours later Fish, jiaozi, pork, chicken Fireworks continue Episode 37 recorded! Temple Fairs apparently there but not 100% Newsletter out, tracks up Show notes n tracks up at stevensirski.com Have a good start of week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Spring Festival Eve eve. Tomorrow is ChuXi, then Chun Jie, then Beijing gets too hot again. How long would you go home for? A week? Keep in mind, everybody else still has lives going on while you're on vacation! Should you quit your job? Jacinda Ardern resigned as PM of New Zealand. Wouldn't you after six years? Jamuary tracks up, working on a few more. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com H...

Ho hum what a hummy ho hum day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

You don't need much to create something, just time and effort. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

I don't want to work, I just want to bang my fingers on the desk all day! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Ging the gang a gang a long ging gong. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Nap time again! Bigo... yea... playing the strip joint. Chinese lessons Videos up. Happy Spring Festival! Cold n windy again today. And how much time should you 'invest' in your content creation and who really wins in that battle? Show notes n stuff on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Temple Fairs are back! All the biggies and the little gigglies. Ditan is the big one, but there are lots to choose from. Chinese class: all about Chun Jie / Spring Festival, cooking, 对联 (dui lian, door couplets). Posted another DELTA M1 video covering Unit 8. Will get to Unit 9 soon to complete that series. Also want to do a review vid and an essential reading vid. Workouts done! Lunch time runn...

Sad news about Nepal plane crash. Scary and tragic. Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of those on board. Trustworthiness of social media: say no to it, but how much can you make with your skills? Say yes to it but no guarantee of any success, which do you prefer? Chinese writing class... this will be intense! Got some Chinese writing books that have pens with disappearing ink! More Ja...

Taken from the Komplete Kontrol Training Series with Steve Blaque, this is the demo track we created and used as a work in progress. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Start of a new week and heading into Spring Festival. No plans. Work on Friday, work next Wednesday. New newsletter for my language vlog, would help keep things focused and can see where it can be helpful. Off the compound for a night out and GuoMao had some people moving around. Jamuary tracks around. Show notes on stevensirski.com Have a good week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...

Following an SNES video game feed and reading about how to design my own video games so I guess that contributed to wanting to create this track. Or this track just happened that way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Saturday's office jam party. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Friday the 13th! Used to mean something. Rich people live longer... maybe. Supplements, access to info, don't live in dangerous places! Workouts: lunchtime 3 mile + thrusters n burpees. Changing things up. A modification of May You Make Your Movie? Need to update Jamuary! Show notes tracks n stuff on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/...

Komplete Kontrol Snow Chinese classes Show notes et all on stevensirski.con Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Ten years from now, what do you think you'll be doing? What will you be doing? Where will you be doing it? With who? If you can't imagine that, think of what you'd like to be doing at that time. Unity Web Dev Today's work out Action classes? Chinese class learning how to read movie characters! Fireworks keep popping! Show notes on the site stevensirski.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podc...

Busy day posting... big cast vids! Finally up they go! Episode 11 is up, 12 to follow and so on! Not looking to hear the whole thing? Clipping them up too! Search The Steven Sirski Podcast on YouTube and you'll see a dedicated channel to the podcast. Tried to upload them to Spotify but apparently it just creates a new episode. Chinese class cancelled :( Liking the morning character walk tho. And t...

Canada wins World Juniors! Not a surprise but it's happened before that they've lost. Renewed vigor in Chinese studies. Signed up for more lessons, writing and reading this time, we'll see if they're any good. Newsletter out, website updated, Jamuary tracks up, thinking Patreon, videos up, finally recordes Unit 8 for the DELTA series I'm doing. Bigo and live streaming... kinda looks like a soft po...

More spacey keyboard work. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Doing some vocals today... kinda. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Fireworks or not? There was already a fire last night. Beijing reopens for flights, will check to see how much tickets are. Want to work after work but these work outs may have to be altered. Buuuuttt.... 3 mile run (30min) then 15 rounds of 5 pull ups 10 push ups 15 air squats Time: 23.30 (plus 3 minutes walking up the stairs from the run outside) New vids up on the language vlog. Social media sh...

Tribute to the Father who would have been nearing 80 today. A little digression about the year 2017... On the phone all day! Client Chinese teacher Steve Blaque with a Komplete Kontrol walk through Qmex for a late dinner... had to get out. Short staffed? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/mes...

THE VIRUS isn't gone just yet as the testing boxes are back again. Jamuary tracks updated on Spotify December Drumming full album also uploaded to Spotify, stream for free. (Would you ever pay?) Chinese classes a go go! Episode 36 is finally up! Curt Hamilton joins me on this podcast to talk about his life in China, working with the sports teams, and where he's off to next. Stream through Spotify...

Here is the full track list for the 2022 December Drumming challenge: DD2022 - Dec 1, 2022 - Drumset Funk DD2022 - Dec 2, 2022 - Baow Guh’uh gah'uh DD2022 - Dec 3, 2022 - Drums n Perc DD2022 - Dec 4, 2022 - African Inspiration DD2022 - Dec 5, 2022 - Multi-Finger Beat Mix DD2022 - Dec 6, 2022 - Latin Drums and Percussion DD2022 - Dec 7, 2022 - Foot Stomping at the Coffee Shop DD2022 - Dec 8, 2022 -...