The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

How many people do you know want to get married? Get paid to get laid in China! The election day is over!… in China! What will tomorrow morning bring??? Stonks up!!! WTF happened?! Tonghuashun 同花顺 was up bigly, why?? No idea. Relaxed day to do video recording. Ten shorts and another walk n talk. Taiwanese Mandarin class done, gotta get a few more done as my class package expires next week! Dona...

One day away until it goes on for another week! hahahah US Election tomorrow Getting cold here in the Beijing, but the air is cleared. A lot of Youtube commentators say it’s Mongolian dust, or Western media misrepresentation! I wonder if they can smell what I smell? Or are they living in the safety of the digital world? SLV podcast up and out! Also realized I made a mistake with last week’s Lian X...

Vance on Rogan! Are the Democrats even trying? But it was very political heavy, not as back and forth conversational as Trump. New video out on the language vlog! All about LiaoZhia ZhiYi! I think it looks pretty good. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUYTO-mB8Ec 10% uppers, how they doing? Thinking… these might be happening because they HAVE to buy. That is, the stonks that are going up b...

This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Everybody loves orange and green! This is Halloween! In this town, the Pumpkin King! And it’s for kids, right? 10%ers don’t always work, a big SLAM to the market in the final twenty minutes of trading. Not sure why. Opening a business in China, is it worth it? Looking at a company called Global Eastern https://globaleasterninvestment.com/ Chatted with Aaron_co...

WORKOUTS in! Morning: 30 min bike (reading Chinese) Squat, Bench, finishing arms Afternoon: 6.44km in 41.33 -20 minutes of slam ball work China going to space, this is cool. https://www.wsj.com/science/space-astronomy/with-dreams-of-a-lunar-outpost-china-takes-new-risks-in-space-race-with-u-s-e7d485ce?mod=itp_wsj,djemITP_h BIG COMMENT on the language vlog! I’ll need to respond with a video because...

Busy day, lots done! But… nothing to show for it? Russian and Chinese reading done, no livestreams as I ran out of time… okay, I didn’t commit. Spent the morning working on the Language Vlog Book. Got the rough draft assembled, now to begin re-reading and re-writing. Spent the afternoon working on a script and shooting the video for our upcoming 聊斋志异 video for the language vlog. Then… cleaning...

What a weekend! Trump on Rogan’s show! Some people thought it was boring, I thought it was telling! -JFK assassination -aliens -flying in the dark to get to Iran -the Lincoln Room -Taiwan Could Kamala do it? Not likely. Does she even want the job? Russian done, no Chinese live stream done cause… working on a video for 聊斋志异 and spent some time looking up movies and doing some reading (in Englis...

Did I mention that I met the knife sharpener?! I’ll have to post these videos later but I’m just going to say that this is one of the highlights of living in Beijing and being able to speak Chinese. No joke! The neighbour came back and so we talked. ToMai is his chosen English name, media student, preparing to go to the USA next year to study and learn more English. What is the value of a degree?...

That generator is gone?? Visa secured for another year, made a video for the language vlog. JingA? I think there is something to this idea of tracking the 10% limit up stonks in China over a few days and trading those. Gold stonks finally dropping… get ready? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And...

Need to wash that hair! Workouts in! Morning: 27 minutes on the bike (w Chinese) -Bench -Squat Afternoon: 5km run in 34.19 15 min slam ball work Apparently the school visa isn’t that easy… or is it? Stonk market a popping again. SPOT GOLD hit 642 RMB per gram, DIGITAL SILVER hit 7.95 today, highest I’ve ever seen it. Time to come down? Hey Steve, why don’t you day trade? Russian live stream done…...

SLV podcast out! Looking to launch some new products on the SLV BMAC site: postcards! And spent some time working on the book. I can see how it’s slowly coming together. Using Apple Pages, then export to PDF? Workouts in! Morning: 33 min on the bike while reading Chinese Afternoon: mace bell and steel clubs swings Had to update Windows! Good thing I missed the early pangs. Al Pacino went broke?! N...

They washed the windows! Couldn’t remove the screen so I still have to wash two on my own… If this was your last week of work, what would you do? GOLD and SILVER pop again! Ooof! SLV Podcast delayed, but I’m getting better at the production. Spent much of the weekend working on my book for SLV. Workouts in! Start of a new cycle Week 1! Morning: -27 min bike (reading Chinese) -4 rounds of 30 sec ba...

Workouts in! Half power. Morning: 35 min bike (reading Chinese) -Light legs workout Afternoon: 5.23km in 54.18 w 6kg weight jacket -4, 6, 8, 10 pull ups for a total of 28 -double for push ups, triple for squats Then some mobility work afterwards. New Chinese classes? WTF?! Why?? eBLCU business and international trade classes, self study, only 800 RMB. Have six months to complete and I’ll get a cer...

Middle of October already! Another evening, another Chinese movie, this time about fairies. Would it be heaven or hell to walk into a world with just beautiful women who want to get married? Movie called 画壁. Spent some time working on this book for the language vlog. Cleaning up, transcribing, and organizing the different topics. It won’t be the best book, but it will be good enough and somethin...

The compound is silent… why? Russian done, Chinese reading done, English livestream done… about Chinese visas! Green cards and visas, am I eligible? Marriage & employment are the easiest… but are they? Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/uZQ8b727OaY And then you read how young Chinese men are having vasectomies or are marrying their landlords. Finished 画皮, another Chinese ghost story. This...

Watching another Chinese ghost movie: 画皮 Chinese reading done, haven’t yet done writing. Russian done, but no livestream. Visa applied, will I receive? Why don’t I leave China? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-...

AQI over 185 again today, so indoor run at lunch time. Russian AND Chinese done today, though did Russian later because I got out late in the morning. Is this Week 5 or 6? Either way, will take it easy this week, and then start again next week the big workout cycle. Watching movies in Chinese… had to watch again cause I fell asleep. 聂小倩 from 聊斋志异, the 1987 version. About a young student who...

Quiet day… outside that is. No generator? Always worries me. Another donation! Got a coffee! We’re rolling in it deep now! Russian done, Chinese done, Chinese writing done! TWO workouts in: Morning: 35 min bike (reading Chinese) Then some warm up sets on the pull down machine and split your leg machine thingy. Then, down to do some bar work finishing with deadlifting 100kg five times, about 220 lb...

Russian reading and a live stream today! Chinese… NOT done. Said I would do it later and never did. Stocks a dropping, but is it over? Got an idea for a book that might actually work… And the limits of brain switching… Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.si...

Recording earlier on so I can get other things done in the evening. What about the evening’s festivities?? I can talk about what I plan to get done too… might give me a bit of a deadline, too. No workout this morning, got up on time but spent some time reading and reflecting on things as they stand now: what prompts change: internal or external? What is the natural progression of a business? Make...

GOLD again? Buying that is through the Bank APP. Stonks a poppin, when will it end? No gym workout, but languages done! No Russian livestream, should I make these into webinars? LIVE photos on WeChat… thoughts? Looking at products or books to make, ideas? Transcripts? Hardcover books? What else are you going to dream of? Big podcast background scenery, from Pinduoduo? Donate to the show! PayPal li...

Back at it! Not really. Was still quiet on the compound as most people didn’t have to work. TWO WORKOUTS in! Is this Week 4 or 5? I can’t remember. Morning: Bike - 35 min (with Chinese) 4 rounds of -kettle bell carries (16kg) -battle ropes (30 seconds) -ball slams (6kg) -dips x4 Afternoon: 6.44km in 42.33 4 rounds of -40 double unders (new jump rope!) -10 bench jumps -5 one arm push ups each side...

Over 900 episodes! Is this a public service? +SSP 48 episodes +SLV 617 videos Apparently I produce a lot of content. Workout in! Only one. 7.02 in 1 hr 4 min 47 s Pull ups: 4, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 Pushups Squats Lunges Etc Met a guy from Seattle on the compound, was out for a run and he was locked out of his apartment. Visiting China on vacation, I asked why?? His gf is from Shanghai. Got talking ab...

Getting cold outside! Reading Russian in the morning, is this a good idea? No livestream today. Chinese for an hour at Starbucks, practicing writing! Worked on the podcast but found some problems! May have to change my approach to recording. Reading some more, can I actually get through a book before the end of the break? Port workers strike in the US! How will this ripple through? They are agains...

Leisurely day! Reading books! Like a physical real book! Walden, King of Wrath and The Love Hypothesis -Feels nice to read an actual book! Russian books too! Realizing… what do I actually want to do with Russian? No livestream as I didn’t want to fight the connection. Newspapers too! Two workouts in and a nap! Maybe not a good idea to workout so much! Morning workout in! -35 min bike (reading Chin...