The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Episode 41 recorded GOLD moving Prigozin dead, or did he just make it look like it? The life and times of a working traveller! Tough getting up this morning, not just the rain! Workouts must’ve kicked in. Friday night will be a night off! I think. Saturday? CBD beer fest? Finger taps on a keyboard - new track! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message:...

More cameras up on the compound, and an email about a background check? Nothing suspicious here… Two kids, I’m not sure if they’re making fun of my Chinese pronunciation or what. Try whatever it is you want to do or accomplish for a year and see how it is after that. So what do I want to accomplish in the next year? Another pcast episode scheduled for tomorrow night, then will get to work editing!...

Qixi Day, Chinese Valentine’s Day… again? https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/double-seventh-festival.htm Picture credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Niulang_and_Zhinv_(Long_Corridor).JPG Voice box is gunky… like before I had the vid the other times. Confucius says… Quote: 学而时习之，不亦说乎？ Pinyin: Xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū? Translation: "Is it not a joy to learn and consta...

Is COVID back?!? Again?!? Some apps to consider: -Readwise - email summaries of your readings -Snipd - Podcast player, also does AI transcriptions! Hello productivity boost! Begs the question… How much of this tech do we need? How do we simplify? AI won’t replace any one person, just those who don’t use it. Current ChatGPT hack: record podcast, have otter.ai transcribe, take transcription and put...

Episode 40 recorded! Have a look for it in a couple weeks! Episode 41 next week? Workouts in! 2kms 7 rounds of  5 pull ups 10 pushups 15 squats  2 km run + another 4 pull ups, 8 push ups, 12 squats  Post work workout: 28kg Turkish get ups, plus carries Then podcast… Getting cooler in the ‘Jing Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podc...

Thursday night reading night?? I’d really like to get back into reading more. Reading $100M Offer, the romance books I brought from Canada, and lots of comments on my language vlog. Did I tell you about the time I bought a bunch of Stephen King books? Question: does learning another language lead to more job opportunities? And can ChatGPT fix your grammar?! Put some mustard on it Show notes n trac...

Hey, I have been doing things in Beijing! Eating different foods!  Baozi 包子youtiao 油条, doujiang 豆浆 Jianbing 煎饼 and kao leng mian 烤冷面 Jiangbaojiding 酱爆鸡丁 Pollution didn’t smell that bad run outside 6.44 kms 100 double unders 4 rounds of  10 bench jumps 5 one arm incline push ups each arm 5 half pistol squats (5 each side) Question, which would you rather have or do after a workout: f...

Chinese class, how was it and how is it going? Arabic, ever tried? I have not been getting out very much but I see a lot of other people are out and about. I guess the city and the country are open again… but there’s coronavirus on the horizon! Pollution is back in town! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have s good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...

Workouts in! But wow going slow! Weekender, an introduction to microphones and too many beers! China has had some crazy weather, Tornadoes, floods, heavy rain. Why bother saying it’s climate change? Chinese class and the others I signed up for, what’s up? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/me...

Workouts in! Friday means… pull ups but not going for a hundred Sustainable lifestyling? How is my Chinese going? What’s it like to learn a language where you can’t just read write and speak all at once? Have a clip for you from my Hindi class… Michio Kaku’s Quantum Supremacy book is in… do I even have the time? How could I schedule in a reading day into my week? Have a great weekend! Show notes n...

Are the EVs spying on us? Probably. Another shopping day over, another lovers’ day over in China How was Hindi class? An idea… interview teachers for the vlog? Spray compression, what was the idea? Ibn Battuta once said “Travelling—it gives you home in thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land… it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."   What do you t...

Spray on compression? Second attempt wearing compressions Is this schedule sustainable or is this just for now? Working out, eating healthy, working all the time? How do you choose a language to study? What sort of schedule should you create? The rent decision… staying put! Travel plans, work is busy, and I could always move later on. Workouts in! Lunch and after Ukrainian class! How was class? Sh...

New day new whatever! First day in a loooong time actually able to sit back and do nothing! So what did I do? Booked two podcasts! One in Urdu or Hindi I don’t know and another in English. I’ll let you know more as they unfold. Crown Royal Black for the evening, a heavier version of the original whiskey sold in Canada. Canadian Club had the big money marketing, but Crown Royal is the nation’s whis...

Asleep again! May need to work on a new schedule. As a result, a location shoot! How was morning class? Earthquake in Shandong! Apparently felt in Beijing. Humidity cooling so it’s getting bearable  Workouts in! And oh did I hurt after Friday’s workout! Compression tights in! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spoti...

State of the jet lag: down at 11pm, up at 4am. End of the week, does it matter? Working tomorrow! Ha! Scheduling language lessons, some packages will expire. Workouts in…  1.8 km run 50 60 or 65 pull ups plus push ups and squats 1.6km Plus another 10 pull ups 100 push ups and 150 squats Evening workout was slow and steady kettlebells, didn’t want to do it but figured I’d get a small workout in. Li...

State if the jet lag: 8pm bed time, 1am wake up. Eating times are all off. That song sucked. I’m sorry for wasting your time. Snapchat any good? Taking a look at its spread around the world. Tiktok difficult to use in China, need to use web version but good luck logging into an associated account. Humidity 89%! AQI? Does it even matter? Ordered some of those Skins compression garments, will try th...

This is jet lag. Beijing humidity! First day back, only one password forgotten… the most important one.  Up at midnight, walking, stretching, lifting weights. Got a track for you, Airplane Jam Pipa with Punk Rock - it… is rough. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Back in the Beej, hard to believe. GF with the pick up and pizza. Eeesh, am knackered! Missed a day?! …ish Why is the measuring system the USA uses called “Imperial” when they were the ones that rebelled? Decent food on the flight over. Dreamliner on the way to Seoul. It’s a long flight! Five bottles of wine aaaand out. Succession and Sex and the City on the way over. Wasn’t committed to the time...

On the way! Out of Winnipeg at 5.50am this morning, Vancouver, Seoul, and it’s STILL raining in Beijing! Why not Winnipeg? Yes, still get nerves while travelling. Didn’t bring too much back with me but already I’m thinking of how to downsize. Did I get rid of anything? SUITS! Tailor made waaay back when I was younger and thinner and less beardy.  Newsletter in the works. Catch up with my language...

And that will do it for Canada… guess I should get going? A month, is that long enough? Started packing, bringing some reading materials with me to keep me entertained. Monday, will I be in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Seoul, Hong Kong or somewhere else?!? Let’s hope it all goes well. How’s this viewpoint on tips: you provided a total of five minutes of service and you want an 18% tip? On top of your regu...

Long time no see! And she’s pregnant! Ha! Not looking forward to the long haul this weekend, how do you prep for a long flight?  Social media output: how long does it take? Esperanto: worth it or not? Could I come back later in the year? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

All sponsored and suggested posts on Instagram and Facebook! Theory: the four pieces of content per day is just a big tech scam to get you using the apps. Who uses them more, creators or viewers? Theory: Ukrainian war is a proxy for getting weapons into Africa so the US can build up its forces against the Chinese that are building up there? No Agenda Episode 1575 if you want more. Workouts in! 12k...

Thunderstorms all night, apparently good lightning show. Got humid here One week until back in China?! Surreal to be back in Winnipeg after five years. Where has time gone?! Feedback on my chengyu from yesterday? Some people don’t like my accent. No doubt my accent has changed since leaving China. Thinking two years ahead, am I working too hard too much and not being focused enough? I can’t help b...

Slow going today, not sure why. Not eating right? The beer? Chinese food for dinner? What’s it like? China gives citizenship to a basketball player with Chinese ancestry, when will they come for the lemon chicken? Some Chinese proverbs for you: 心血来潮 (xīnxuè-láicháo) Literal translation: “Blood rushing to your heart” (in English we’d say rushing to your head) Meaning: spur of the moment, on a w...

End of the week means… time for a run and a workout! Workouts in: 11.5 km in the morning with pushups n squats n jumps n stuff Afternoon workout at Pan Am again, deadlifted 45x6+the 45 bar = 315lbs? Not bad for a first deadlift in a very long time. Make cafe, told to go but no free refills? $4 per cup? A bit rich for me. And how to ride a bike in Winnipeg… not the same as in Beijing! -Helmet -Ligh...