The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Fkg mosquitoes! Lucky day in China! 88! Sixteen years ago the Summer Olympics were here! I was not! Qixi this weekend! Get flowers! 🌺 To go out or stay in? New cookies! Peanut Butter, lemon, and vanilla scones! Lunch time workout in! Twenty kg kbell outside for swings, carries and runs. These days are flying by! Working on a new video for the language vlog. Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal...

Late but done! Episode 48 done! Workout in! 6.11km in 44.48, plus a lot if slam balls. Looking into getting some pcast help, maybe it’s time? Stonks? How ya doing? Hey you can 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-00a...

Markets bounce back! Be careful! US takes the lead in medal count, equal number of golds as with China. Canada? Five golds so far. I think I’ve seen one Canadian on Chinese TV so far. Episode 48 to be recorded tomorrow! Substack out. And a Sunday afternoon reading of Model Answers by David Harrison Horton. What is it about? -“Animals” (you get my point) -“Community” (you’ll have more neighbours wh...

Stock market crashing?! Why? Tomatoes with sugar?? Why not try? China winning gold! Man loses eye to drain fly?!!? Universal Studio planning… 贵了！ Hey you can 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-00acfe344e164bfab1...

It’s the weekend! New language vlog video up! How to make your own study hours spreadsheet. Finally have an idea how to craft a newsletter. GOLD popping! But the markets are turning over! Lunchtime run done! 5.85km in 59.37. Plus 14 pull ups per round, pushups, squats and lunges. Not as hot, but still challenging! And what’s a degree worth? Australian universities giving out degrees to students wh...

New month! Welcome to August! Eighth month of the year and the last month of summer! What else will you do? Far less humidity these days! Very nice! Tried to finish uploading my spreadsheet video and then realized that the whole video was cropped wrong. Also having major issues reconciling the HDR and SDR footage. Final Cut for iPad isn’t very good for this. Internet troubles! What’s causing it th...

Definitely the end of the month! August begins tomorrow! It’s been raining, which has helped cool things down. Lunchtime run done! Plus some ball slams! No one rocking up today. 6.46 km in 40.08. Double unders x 40 or 50. Trying out Lumafusion editing, not bad. Might help with editing audio for the big podcast which is taking me forever. Also got Moment camera app, paid app, but I think BlackMagic...

End of the month! Olympics start! Did you see that guy’s balls? China wins gold in doubles table tennis. Chinese movie, Successor. Comedy, how much did I understand? Last Russian class done for a while. And a change up study routines, what will happen? Coconut oil in the hair! How is it? Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show n...

Paid! Woo wooo! And now… just do more. Still hot n humid, but weather forecast says 100% chance of rain tomorrow. Checked out air conditioners but the reviews said no good! Workout in! 5.57km in 37.19, then double unders, pushups, jumps and pistol squats. Shortened the run so I could do more double unders. Now doing 50 per set. Bike riding in the morning! Easier on the back. Need to change up some...

Week days done, weekend has begun! Starting to take Saturdays off so I can get some other things done. Lunchtime run done 6.02km in 1hr 1min 58s, only did four laps, but did get 54 weighted pull ups done, double that for push ups, triple for squats. Brought extra water but it wasn’t as bad as earlier in the week. Might have been wrong about those mosquitoes, is that a rash??? Bought a course for c...

It’s raining again! And it’s cooler! Chinese class done! Workout in at lunch! Slow going, but make it move! Talk, have fun, and make money - the future of the economy, NFTs and the blockchain?! Got some other ideas for the language vlog, possibly moving into move long form and researched content than shorter form. 500+ subscribers! And what are the numbers you need to make something work? Hey you...

RAIN! Thank the heavens! Could last all week cause there is a typhoon hitting the southern part of China. Chinese class done! 1.走路 (zǒulù) - to walk 2.愛 (ài) - love 3.客 (kè) - guest 4.各 (gè) - each, every 5.歲 (suì) - year (of age) 6.慶 (qìng) - celebrate Oh, and my teacher didn’t have COVID but her mother did… and she’s all better now. Lunchtime run! 5.66km in 34.53, plus another 20 minutes...

Hip and back hurting! How and why?? Tuna sandwich redux! Much better! Would an air conditioner matter? 农业，建设，超商… will it continue? Chinese banks soaring! 492 subscribers and counting! 加油！ Hey you can 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-...

Biden’s out! What’s this about some sort of deal? They’ll get to keep the plane rides or something along those lines. But now, who takes over? Eventful times, these are: assassination attempt, old man drops out, what’s next? When is the next Chinese election? Ukraine war over in six months? Russian class done, rough, but it goes. Will need to make a few more videos about this. GOLD going down, SIL...

Biden has COVID? Didn’t he get like lots of jabs??! Raining now and kinda cooled… but not. Workout in! 6.45 km 1hr 9m 20s! 54 pull ups, 108 pushups, 162 squats… had to cut the run short (only did four laps instead of five) because it was HOT! Cantonese class done, what’s my commitment to this language? Made tuna sandwiches for dinner! I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Had to Google it just...

Working with Google APIs and automations, is Gemini any better? Who do I want to have my payment details?? Chinese class done: BRUTAL. Here in China there are two things I fight the most: internet connections and Apple’s autocorrect. Lots of incorrect words just because I didn’t proofread. Embarrassing! Setting up a LinkedIn spreadsheet, I can see how this can work, especially planning a couple mo...

Metricool scheduler on call! A little more about the APPs I’m using these days. $30 for a program to do the work of 2 minutes per day x 6 or 7. How was Chinese class? Characters studied 1.走 (zǒu) - to walk, to go 2.步 (bù) - step 3.是 (shì) - is, are, am, to be She has COVID? Or is it bird flu?!? Workout done, running slow! 7 km in 52.53… be careful out there and hydrate! Run slower if you have t...

Trump still alive and kicking! Gold stonks ripping higher, but what about energy?? Newsletter out and the launch of Buy Me A Coffee for my language efforts! Looking at APPSumo for software deals, worth it? Paid for Metricool, will begin scheduling more! Workouts in but feeling the heat because it’s the beginning of the 三伏！ Hottest days of the year for the next 40 days! Yey! And looking to build...

What a weekend! Trump shot! Biden still alive! Euro2024 - Spain wins in Europe! Argentina wins in South America! Didn’t watch any of it! Faucet broken Episode 47 recorded! And how was Chinese character class? Studied: 與 (yǔ) - with, and 學 (xué) - to study, to learn 舉 (jǔ) - to raise, to lift, to cite, to enumerate 興 (xìng) - interest, excitement, to rise, to flourish Hey you can donate to the...

Ah that little pain that happens every time you send money out of China… will I have enough? Thunderstorms and lightning, should it be so frightening? Still got the run done and workout in! Five laps, 53 pull ups and all the like. Took over an hour: 1hr 9m 9s Working on ideas for the language vlog. I’m thinking it would be neat to have a “coffee chat podcast” every week. Might be interesting. I’ll...

Gold stocks jumping, but gold lagging? This is the buy on rumours effect leading into earnings season! But not in China??? The US didn’t require people provide ID? So WTF was voting?! Working on another Chinese check-in video for the vlog… spent all day working on it! Should be able to release it tomorrow. BUT… how BAD is my written Chinese??!! Horrible. FKG Horrible. Had class today and spent the...

30 degrees and 61 percent! The floors are sticky! Tiktok has changed their algorithm cause my memes have been disrupted. But, looking at Castmagic.io for help, might be able to do away with ChatGPT! Current monthly costs? Afternoon run done… slightly polluted and slow going, but got it done. Is this safe? People run in Badwater soooo? 7km done in 49m 8s. Slam ball afterwards. Meme funny: running k...

Eeesh computer issues, iPads still can’t complete, lack of ports! Is this what it would be like to work for myself?? Set up a Buy Me A Coffee site for the language vlog. Will release this week. Neat little platform that I’ll be able to do a lot on. Check it out here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog Watching this Instagram Channel Body By Mark: how do people keep fit as they get ol...

Hot n humid! Why am I not in Canada? Other options?? What would you rather have to deal with all day: computers, clients or colleagues? Beijing manhole cover video being seen, and attracting followers! Setting up a buymeacoffee… cheap, simple, profitable? Lunchtime run, 6.63km in 41.04, plus all the workout add ons. Watching this Instagram Channel Body By Mark: how do people keep fit as they get o...

Humid, says it will rain but that doesn’t seem to have happened yet. Another day off, Starbucks’ing responsibly today! Lunchtime workout: 6.35 km plus 54 pull ups pushups squats in 1hr 6m 6s. Sports band didn’t connect so got the distance wrong. New video up on the language vlog! Thinking of starting a newsletter and now I think I know how. Apparently Descript has an AI function built in that is p...