The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Pilates again! How will my glutes fare for this one? Humid again, so feeling sluggish. What’s this Airtable thing? Replit, worth it? We’ll see. Chinese characters done! But no livestream. 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-Steve...

Busy day but workouts in! SLV podcast recorded and set up to go, thinking… should I turn the transcripts into a membership offer? Going back to the body lab tomorrow! Run done today, slow going! 7km in 51 min or so, then skips, push ups, tuck jumps and pistol squats. Followed by mace and clubs workout. Chinese characters getting done, but how many do I really want to do? A visit to the new JingDon...

How are those glutes? Happy USAmerican Independence Day! Thought about recording, but why did I not? In talks to do some funny English videos, should be interesting to see how this goes. Hot and humid all over, workout in and done but slow going. 6km in 1hr 6min 2sec… very much dehydrated. Chinese character writing and live streaming. Content is king. Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https:/...

Feeling it today! Glutes are a sore! Getting up and getting busy - productive days all day. How long will this last? New SLV podcast out! Episode 46 all about our trip to Australia… and quick downloads! Learned a new term today: Forward deployed engineer. Basically a software engineer who does sales. That is, they meet with clients and then develop the products or services that the client needs. N...

I’m feeling it! TWO workouts in today, one at the Body Lab (kinda like the Sanlitun Rich Women’s club), another on my own. Out for dinner, then came back and was like: let’s see if I can get my run in. Second workout in at night, slow but done. 4km in 39.37, then 20 minutes of slam ball work at night. Tuna sandwich with… mustard, mayonnaise, wasabi aaaaand VEGEMITE! A bit too salty. Good thing is…...

Happy Canada Day! July 1, 1867 and now 158 years old! Chinese taxes done and done, how will this change if I have my own company? Back to live streaming… on ALL platforms. Will AI be able to do movie creation? Yes, but you still need a good story. It will just make it easier and cheaper for more people to do it.  Idea for my own animation… but going old school. AI movie article: https://www.wsj.co...

Back in Beijing and Chinese taxes done. How was Sydney? How was Melbourne? Wake Up Hostel Sydney. Power banks. Steven, did you say it was the Lord Arch? Or Loch Ard Gorge? FFS! Whole episode! How was the flight? My screen didn’t work. Wifi was slow. Free ten minutes. Movies watched: Moscow Mission Christmas on Cobbler Street Her Story Money Honey Phoney Nanjing overnight. Flight was uneventful.  h...

Tour of Melbourne! Probably should’ve done that first! will be the tour guide’s LAST one for a while as he’s off to Chengdu to study Chinese! -Library -Gaol (death of Ned Kelly) -888 movement - 8 hours work, 8 rest, 8 relax -RMIT brain goo -Old houses -Australian influencer pays 30 million for a condo atop a building, brings up his McLaren (forget his name) -Carlton Gardens (right by Melbourne Mus...

Aaaand we’re all but done! Chinese road trip accomplished! -Big tour group, big bus of people, 45-minute stays in each location How was it understanding everything? ViiTor Translation - use this for live translation 30 people * $20  =  $600 $60 x 12 hours  = $720·hour$720 for the driver Driver was from Shandong, been in Australia for 20 years, makes $60 an hour driving a bus (and we had to tip?)....

To the museum we go! Lego exhibit but we never made it. Another section of the museum (different building) was being used for exams. Workout in! At least a token effort. Laundry done. What have we seen so far? Library, Parliament, Flinders Street Station. Gold nugget stolen from library: https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-pride-of-australia/ Read t...

Oi 麻烦啦that wine was no good. Rough. Not getting out of the hostel until midday, but why rush it?  Cold and windy today. Victoria Market for the afternoon, walked over to the Parliament building (tours were closed), The Windsor, then back for a nap before out with a former colleague at Le Mitre Why did he leave China? Have done some shopping, spend more than $300 in one store, get $100 back at t...

Off and into Melbourne! It’s colder here! Saw the fam, they’re doing well.  Hostels are a popping, some even have families staying. Hit the gym this morning, no morning run. Cold and… oi, we just got in! Maybe tomorrow? What’s my laundry schedule like? Did some pull ups with a modified pull up bar. The gents in their 20s couldn’t lol! Tried a kangaroo burger, Walker’s donuts.  Forgot to send out t...

Tomorrow’s the solstice! Shortest day of the year and I’ll be in… Melbourne? Run in and done! 8.73km in 59.48. Took some convincing to get out but had to get it done. Laundry day n all. Sydney’s nice, people are big here. Lots of drinking downtown, gf was surprised to see people having beers at lunch time. You wouldn’t see that in China. Tried McDonald’s today. Double Big Mac, triple cheeseburger,...

Martin Place, not MacQuarie Place! That’s what I was trying to think of yesterday. Up early cause… another guy was leaving. And he came in late, too. The life of a hostelite. Went for a run, 5.68km in 41.54, just to the Royal Botanical Gardens and back. Always surprised at how many other people can be out at that time. These people seemed much more fit than the people who were out running at 2pm....

Walk around the city, what did we see? Australian Stock Exchange? ALL DIGITAL! Talk with the only “business man” in the district: was at a sandwich shop across the street and doing some work. He usually works remote but had to come into the city centre for a dentist appointment. Talked a little about what he did (something with sales), sales he would rather work with the Mom and Pop shops than the...

Hello Sydney! How was the flight? Mostly uneventful, except for one guy sneezing during the evening which woke me up from my sit up slumber. How’s the city? Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House, The Rocks. Expensive, $16 for a pint, $9 for a middy. SIM card bought at the airport, $25 for 60 GBs, bought TWO so I could swap them out. Talking to people and what’s the word? Swiss lady and then Leo the B...

From Shanghai Pudong! Happy Father’s Day! Guess I forgot to wish this on Friday. Off to Australia! AND TWENTY DOLLARS FOR A VISA?!? WTF did THIS happen? Are we excited yet? Well, will be meeting up with some family and a former colleague! SLV podcast recorded, so doing this one now. Will edit other pcast on the plane, this one right away. Will be trying to post as much as possible, want to try vlo...

It’s Friday the 13th! Chinese classes over! First livestream done in a long time. Workouts in: 7.06 km in 47.19, then afternoon run n pull ups x five rounds of 20 pull ups, 40 push ups, 60 squats, plus lunges n all with a 6kg vest. Kinda hot out there today. Off to Australia! Why are we not excited?! One thing at a time, but… time to rebrand? Or just change focus? Donate to the show! PayPal link b...

Getting hot and humid! But still nice enough. Hard to walk through the sunny parts of the street. Catching up on some of the backlog (prepping podcast clips for the Language Vlog). Listening to SaaStr and YCombinator podcasts Transcribing Chinese classes, putting that into Google NotebookLM, creating a review podcast. Uses familiar words, repeats them, and gives extra study materials. AI isn’t goi...

Visa and permit secured! Gotta to check into the police station. Wonder what they will say. Workout in, a bit slow on the run, but some fun with the slam ball work… had a crew with me. 6.5 km done in 41.31, slam ball for 30 minutes or so. China oil and energy stocks a moving, what does this mean? Company office for 2350 RMB, worth it? Chinese classes continue, not as nervous before class, but I st...

That’s why I don’t record earlier… I get busy doing other stuff. What if I recorded BEFORE dinner? About that company, costs, and animation, what’s going on? Got a few more automations going today.  Still no progress on the digital products, but possibly on the services. New SLV podcast out! Episode 44! How is Chinese class going? Wanted to try out iTalki Plus but… teachers aren’t using the platfo...

What a day! What a weekend! Back in Shuangjing, out of Changping! Setting up, to move on out! Learning new things (animation), re-learning old things (Chinese). Workout in! May need to split these up! 7.00 kms in 47.47. Four rounds of skips, jumps, push ups and pistol squats. Then mace bells and steel clubs for 45 minutes. And new episode of the language vlog recorded, if this was a typical Monday...

All over! Grades are in and done! Is this what it feels like? How do you leave campus? Just walk out or? Workout in! 105 pull ups + push ups, + squats + lunges + farmers’ carriers. Then 7.01 km run in 47.04. Was a bit dehydrated after. Hotel for dinner, 138RMB for a BBQ roast! Free flow drinks! Hadn’t really eaten much all day so sure piled up. Evening walk, how nice! Time to pack! No more creakin...

Nearing the end! What was it like for the other teachers? TIRED! One more class to go! (Tomorrow morning.) How ceremonious should it all be? SLV Podcast out! YouTube views jumping… but engagement down. Why? A call to Vietnam? Could it be? How and why? Not sure how much I want to bounce around, but… why not? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA **...

Going to miss this air conditioning! Going to be a heat wave tomorrow. Workouts in! 7.02km in 45.27, nice and slow today. Then inside for weights, upper and lower. Thinking… is it better to eat in between workouts or just power through? I chose to eat some yogurt. Bought cakes and desserts for one class (the smaller one), the others, no.  Got all the grades sent out and mostly no complaints except...