The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

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. US version of events: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/mukden-incident Wikipedia version of events: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

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?...

No gym today, need to develop a better system in the morning. No worries, will get this done. Looking at streaming set ups, is it worth it? How much do you sink into these things? Reading some books… classics, that is. Is this an idea to pursue? And finally… is OIL bottoming? WOW! And finally finally… a late night snack cause I’m hungry. What is it? Marmite, cheese, and honey on rye bread! Donate...

Ninety minute nap in the middle of the day? Two workouts?! Morning and evening? FINALLY finished backing up the iPad. My projects just seem to be getting bigger. New iPhone? Worth it? Not much of an upgrade over the 15, or even the 14. Watched some reviews of it and couldn’t help but think… would rather wait for the 17. Another livestream done and did, this time talking about English grammar. Dona...

The generator. And then the computer said, “42”. And so it goes for another spin around the sun and here’s to another 42 or more! Out for dinner… a bug in the salad. Walked out. For the price they were charging you think they could keep it clean. Dishes came out rather quick, then the bug, tells me that they were sitting for a while. Was I wrong? Ice cream cake, Oreo! Little to no work… nice and r...

Why does it smell like smoke here? Is it my neighbour or outside? First time in a gym in a VERY long time! How was it? Grimey, not bad, more expensive than I thought but I know why, literally tripled up my workouts today. Morning bike ride + gym visit for an hour + afternoon 7km run in 43.47. New livestream done and did! Read some articles about the deltoids (三角肌) and about going to the gym. Sl...

Dye to see through skin?? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm6869 New DJI selfie drone! Just add radio or cell phone communication capabilities and… you have a flying robot companion! AM thinking of getting one! Lunchtime workout done! VERY light! Weighted vest, but slow going, and did 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 rounds of pull ups, push ups, n squats, but all done very lightly. Got me thinking: sin...

New LIVE video up on the language vlog, all about teaching English overseas. This will be a complement to the longer form video I’m working on for the channel as well. New workout idea: run a half mile, do 25 push ups. From David Goggins, but I’m not sure I’ll try to speed up each mile. Lighter work load, thankfully! A couple of days off next week… what should I do? Did you know you can hire an ag...

Apparently we’ve got rain. Learned of another “lifer” who has left China Finally watched the WuKong game, how was it? Renaissance Periodization is the name, with Dr. Mike Isrealtel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Q_t4qbRgI -What you need to know about building muscle after 40 -deload every 5-6 weeks or even 4-5. -Every 5 months, take two weeks light work, then two weeks completely off. Basicall...

New long form video up on the language vlog as well as another podcast episode. Still haven’t decided on a host just yet. Working on some others, notably all about this new game taking the country by storm, Black Myth: Wu Kong. New live stream as well! Russian this time. Next, English? Want to see if I like it. Lunch time workout in! Canada and China at it again! This time, over canola! How are ma...

It’s September! Spent all day trying to keep the day and date right. Much cooler in the mornings. Kids are back in school, and new foreigner faces around the compound. Coffee show on the weekend! How was it? Tried waaay too many coffee, but only bought three bags. Free of charge, busy as ever! Well worth it. Great Leap for pizza and beer on the way home. Then another stop at Las Musas cause we’d n...

Feeling MUCH better! Lunchtime run done, but slowly. 6.01km in 1hr 3m 3s, did half of what I normally do. Thinking… if I start working out in the morning, will this workout go by the wayside? Going to the coffee show this weekend, will see what it’s like. First heard of it during the pandemic, but when we tried to go it had been closed and a MINERALS exhibit was put in its place???? Finishing up a...

Still sore n sick, COVID? No workouts, just sleeping. Chinese banks pulling back. 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-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Have a good o...

Welp, sick. Lunchtime workout in! 5.5 slow kms in 35.16. Watch says I ran each km in about 6.20, I don’t believe that. Felt a lot slower. Then some slam ball. Thinking… morning workouts at the gym might actually help cause then I could do stretching at noon time. Working on a new long form video for the language vlog, should be up this week. Was kind of funny to read what the Chinese guys were say...