The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

I only got three things done: made a new show card for the audio blog, went to the bank to wire money to Canada (three hours!), worked out while listening to a podcast, then made dinner. Plus, the usual walk in the morning with Chinese flash cards. Workouts in! 6.5 km Medicine ball + rope work Slow kettlebells indoors using the 20 kg What were those supplements I got from Singapore? Bacopa extract...

Last day in Singapore National Museum of Singapore, exploring the history of the city and how it came to be. Is China trying to replicate this in each of its major centres? Changi airport: how was it? Singapore, what did I learn? Bought a T-shirt… should complement the one I bought ten years ago? Would we go again? Talk with a guy who is living at the hostel for the time being. What’s it like to b...

Back in the Jing! Colder here! And must be tired, 20 minute nap turns into 4 hours! Midnight flight = busy arrival time! How was Universal Studios? Waterworld, Donkey from Shrek was just a computer image, rides were fun, only Cyclone had a long wait time. Waited 40 minutes for Sesame Street… just bad planning. Night safari at the zoo, too! Two parts: tram ride then walk through. National Museum of...

Friday the 13th! Doesn’t matter when you travel  Little Caesar’s for lunch! Five Guys for dinner! Aieeee! Over 18,000 steps. Will try to do a run tomorrow, want to do a video of Chinatown in the morning. National Gallery walk through, not into. Can always go back on Sunday. Fort Canning: the Japanese took over the island. Released in 1945, then anti-colonial sentiment festered  Students rebel - Si...

Egg tarts, century eggs and no bringing in outside food! Put your trays away! Museum visit to the Museum of Asian Civilizations: two tours Why was Prophet Mohammed the last? Such commitment: cut his arm off because the guy was jealous, and so the calligrapher tried the brush to his arm stump and kept going! Supplements: plasmalogen = brain food. Quantitative and Comparative Investigation of Plasma...

13.68km run in morning, though only ran 10 of it. (Took 2 hrs 17 min 52 sec.) Coconuts are cool Botanical Gardens all day.  Seed dispersal: zoochory, hydrochory, autochory, anemochory How did flowers know/ evolve to attract birds? Those are the ones that evolved and survived. Song Fa for dinner, famous Singaporean bone soup place, obvs more than just bone soup. Starbucks for dessert, chocolate chu...

Knackered!  Little India for the day. Tekka Center, Mustafa Center, lots of food, great to be eating Indian food again, bought some spices and curries to take back. Also, ghee and coconut milk-spread? Apparently a Singaporean thing. Indians are buying gold aplenty. Deepavali is starting. Did a run yesterday, will try again tomorrow. Lots of gyms around too. Bike sharing is present, but not as flex...

From Singapore! Recording outside near the rain! How has it been? I don’t remember many specifically of being here before, but the generalities I recall. This thunderstorm brings back memories. Midnight flight, how was it? Very humid on Sunday, basically went through all of my clothes so had to do laundry. Had a meeting today so was indoors all day, and now it’s raining. I’m outside cause there’s...

Connection issues… End of the work week for sure this time as I’m off for yet another week! Don’t get jealous, this isn’t a paid vacation! Other people have to work. The Beijinger had an article explaining why China shifts its work days and it basically comes down to  Workouts in! -6.5km run at lunch, weighted = seemed keep the heart rate lower than if I ran without a vest -Back up to the apartmen...

What is the excitement of travel preparation other than trying to finish everything in your fridge before you leave? Did you know you can buy rights to music royalties? Apparently there are quite a few for sale, though in my glance through it, I didn’t recognize too many names, My Chemical Romance being one exception. Financials, rights, media, included tracks, etc. Interesting https://www.wsj.com...

Preparations for Singapore begin! Chinatown I guess, though all of the hostels look nice. How about the Raffles? Other hotels include The Strand in Yangoon and The Eastern and Oriental in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Seen them all, never stayed. Episode 41 in the works! Shorter episode, trying to convert / align audio today. Workouts in! Lunchtime: 5km run Medicine ball Push ups Pistol squat nega...

Moon cakes made! Late, but we tried. Moving around files and prepping Episode 41. Singapore next week, haven’t been in a while! Expat life, what is it about it? Last day before the noise starts again, or is that this weekend? Mainland stock market closed for the rest of the week. Gotta find a new language partner. 心灵手巧：deft and clever 把天聊死了：dead communication Thanks for listening! Show...

Trillion stars: depressing or inspiring? Steve Bartlett podcast, young CEO, social media company  I gotta up my podcast game: mics, cameras, lights, production, everything Thinking of rearranging the apt in some ways to make more room, or at least fit more stuff in. Workout(s) in: Outside -6.5km run -rope work -high steps, push ups and pistol squat negatives Inside -mace bell and club swings Newsl...

Late but done! Out with the boys, some returnees from abroad! WTF recruiters around LiangMa? Another video hits it off: BC AD BCE CE, almost 2000 views Quiet! Very nice. Plans? Workout slowed down, only did a slow paced run. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and have a great weekend!

Ahhhh, this is nice… silence and nothing to do… no plans anyway. What could I do? I could do this, or this, or this… Should I take the week off? From what? Talking into a microphone? UNEDITED?!? TikTok video count: 510k, seems to be topping out Yesterday’s episode was rough! I was sooo tired! Currently working my way through a 30-day Chinese speaking challenge: 1 minute per day. EQ: so this is som...

Episode 42 done!  Learned a lot about plugins, EQ and other post-production sound! We got paid! Now to… pay off some stuff. Workout in! Lunchtime done! 5km - 37 min, is something wrong? 5.30km?? Medicine ball Double unders Jumps Push ups Half pistols Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Would you sell your company for $100,000? Better yet, if you had $100k, would you buy a business? New YouTube video editor! Capcut competitor! You don’t have to pay for a video editor any more, going to cancel my FCX subscription! Not available on iPhone just yet Deload week! Or will it just take some time to figure out how to work in the work outs. Feeling better today, is it lack of sleep? Or th...

Weekend food success! Stir fry worked! Ganmaole! We’ll see if SSP42 goes ahead TikTok video hits 450,000! How to monetize? SSP40 is out, have you heard? SSP41 work begins One workout done - is this old age, laziness or a de-load week?! COVID’s back! Again! Get your shots! Cause they worked last time!! Show notes n tracks up in stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!

319k views?!? Hello TikTok! Haaa let’s see how far it goes! What else for content creation?! How about that computer? Workouts in! But a bit lighter than the usual. Focused on slow, that was it. 5km at lunch Medicine ball workout  After work kbells Done! Episode 40! Award-winning Director of Photography Aigul Nurbulatova joins me to talk about her work and the life of a DoP on set! Clips follow to...

iOS vs Android Sirski Unplugged? New name?? Cold toes, temperature dropping, time to start moisturizing  Episode 40 in the final stages! Maotai coffee, what about a hotel stay? How much does Maotai even cost? And their tosck price? Could I learn another culture? Is that a bigger jump than upskilling? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Well, that’s not good. Computer won’t charge! Chinese numbers: 666 = liu liu liu = very good, awesome! 888 = fa fa fa = excellent, wish you great success 520 = wu er ni = sounds like "I love you" 996 = jiu jiu liu = working 9am to 9pm for six days a week! Workouts in! Truncated, but… got them done. What if I did the typical “split” for workouts?? Run time: 5km total ~34 min, about 6m 30s...

Homemade bread! I’ll take those carbs! With butter! How about some wine? How was Chinese class? All about work! Not bad sentences, but I tend to repeat simple sentences. SSP40 coming along. Newsletters never did get done cause… I spent the evening translating a Tims coffee receipt. Took an hour! Then writing Chinese homework! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Cereal for breakfast? When was the last time you had any? What kind? I bought the heart-shaped Cherrios for the gf but we’ve never opened them.  “Three grams of soluble fiber daily from whole grain oat foods, like Cheerios cereal, in a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease,” the official Cheerios website states. -yea, so just eat better! You don’t need the...

End of week! Episode 40 not done. Will have time this weekend. Workouts in! Lunch: runs n pull ups n push ups n squats with weight vest -100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats Time: 1hr 15m After work: slow kbells Can alcohol be a supplement?? Why is it getting a bad rep but marijuana isn’t?? Healthy sperm winner?? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend!

Chinese class going well, learning a little about grammar. Shorter work days coming up?? Episode 40 progress  Newsletter no progress  Rest day calorie intake… and expenditure. Previous episodes, feeling a little shy about posting! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!