The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

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...

Read a book! Like a physical real book! Walden, King of Wrath and The Innocent …? New language vlog podcast published! May still have to up that hosting plan. No major parade or ceremony this morning, but I did try to do a live stream at around noon, only to see it get cut off. 75 years, what about 29 months? Looking at my previous gainful and not so gainful times of money and employment and notic...

End of the month! … waiting to upload the latest episode of the language vlog podcast because my data doesn’t reset until Oct 1st! Chinese markets a popping! Should’ve bought more! And then, of course, issues accessing the platform. How will overseas markets react while China is closed? Bank of China ATM works! No problem! National Day break this week, any plans? Me? I gotta catch up on some proje...

End of the week and nearing the end of the month! Today’s workouts: Morning: -33 minutes cycling while reading Chinese -10 min Jacob’s Ladder Afternoon: -5.12km in 53m 54s -four rounds: 2, 3, 4, 5 + 5 pull ups; 4, 6, 8, 10 + 10 push ups; 6, 9, 12, 15 + 15 squats -plus another round of 2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 squats Canadian OIL stocks getting crushed again! Good! Cheaper to buy! Chinese markets...

If not gold, then CHINA! YINN (3x ETF) is a popping off! JD, BABA, even NIO is a moving! Chinese GOLD n SILVER still moving! Economic slump? Run those drills! Lunchtime livestream, all about working around the world. Paid and so now can get into the gym again! Turns out the issue I had in paying was a system bug, not anything to do with my lack of money. BUT… couldn’t withdraw money from the ATM....

Sniffly and congested! Lunchtime run in! 3.32km in 25.40, followed by slam ball runs: ten slams or movements + a run around the ring. AM I RACIST?! New documentary by Matt Walsh, I’ve been seeing it pop up but cannot find an online streaming copy, but he was on Joe Rogan recently (Episode 2204) and that I think gives a good look at what the movie is about. Watch the first 30 minutes, then skip ahe...

China cuts some rate, and so? https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-panics-cuts-multiple-rates-and-reserve-ratio-requirements-goes-all-prop-stocks * The PBOC will reduce the 7-day reverse repo rate by 20bps. * The PBOC will cut the reserve requirement ratio by 0.5%, a move that will free up1 trillion yuan ($142 billion) in liquidity, Pan said. * China may also cut the RRR further this year by an...

Bah! YouTube livestreaming not working! But had a neat idea to use a spectrogram to analyze my Chinese pronunciation. TWO workouts in! Morning: -33 min on the bike (for Chinese) then -4 rounds of -30 second battle ropes -4 dips -10 two hand kbell swings -10 alternating hand kbell swings -finishing arms Lunch: 6.44km run in 42.14 then 3 rounds of 20 double unders 10 bench jumps 5 one arm push ups 1...

Getting cool in the Beijing Mid-September already?! Wrote up this week’s vlog newsletter, will try to record tomorrow and publish. Still need to set up Libsyn. DUAL WORKOUTS IN! Morning: -33 min on the bike (reading Chinese) -10 min Jacob’s Ladder -4 rounds of: 30 sec battle ropes, 4 dips, 10 kettle bell snatches (5 each side), 10 slam ball slams (5 each side) -3 rounds of light medicine ball work...

Small workout today, 35 min on the bike, kettle bell carries and that’s it. Did some video production for the language vlog, vocabulary building. Set up a link in bio using Metricool, updated some of the social accounts. A little bit about GAWX and how he shoots his videos. -shoot from the unlit side / shadows Did NOT get to the podcasts, but it was a productive day nonetheless. iOS 18 is out, tim...

SSAB - September 18, 2024 Livestream didn’t work too well today as the sharing feed cut out, even though it looked fine on my side. Done work for a few days… guess I gotta get some videos done. And podcasts? Today is a historical day… the Mukden Incident. Workouts in! Morning -30 min bike -10 min Jacob’s Ladder -practice overhead squats -land mines -finisher arms Lunch time -6 km run -10 min slam...

中秋节快乐！ Did you eat your mooncakes? It’s okay if you didn’t. Went to 稻香村 and bought four different types… 46 RMB! -traditional -Yunan style - leg moon cake?? -Guangdong style - sesame -Guangdong style - sugar sesame Gym this morning, got the Chinese done while walking on the treadmill. Did some kettle bell carries, then threw out my back trying to loft 2x24kg kbells over my head. Oops. Did...

Nice and quiet weekend! Mid-Autumn Festival in full swing… what do we do? Workout in! First time in a LONG time NOT going for a run today. Why? -Gym in the morning -Chinese done + tiger and dragon idioms -30 min bike -10 min Jacob’s Ladder -4 rounds of: Battle Ropes, Kettle Bell Swings, Dips -2 rounds of: 20 incline bench press bar + row GOLD popping! BUT, Zeal LLC saying watch out… this guy is a...

Friday the 13th! Does that mean it’s now fall time and Halloween? Workout: -25 min bike -battle ropes - 30 seconds -dips x4 -pull ups x5 -slow bell movements 6kg x2 -Jacob’s Ladder -bench bar only x20 x2 -rows, bar only x2 x2 Then lunch time workout in: -5.08 km in 53.18 -2, 3, 4, 5 + 5 -squats, lunges, push ups Got the Chinese reading done! How is the back doing? GOLD pops! OIL still struggling?...