The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Shorts weather! Humidity up! Final Cut Pro n Logic for iPad... but need the latest. New vids up! Bank transfers... it's a war of attrition New pcast episodes in the works! Ukrainian class, how was it? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Nintendo Power... remember those zines? Now a podcast. -The value of collecting / keeping stuff Ric Flair on Joe Rogan, another blast from the past Language vlog class notes: another way to remember. Ukrainian class - This teacher is a good conversationalist and uses terms I understand May you make your movie continues Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Ukrainian class Tuesday work Stop Motion work Show notes on stevensirski.com

New King! Did you watch? Beautiful day to go sit in a couple banks, watch people stamp papers, learn some characters, and hear some other bank client scream at the top of her lungs that it's taking too long. Yup, welcome to the club. Club hurry up n wait. New characters! 共富 common wealth，消火栓 fire hydrant，暂 temporary. Workouts in! Felt dogged today. Getting hotter at lunch, sustainable time...

No strike here! Content still going! Writer strike in Hollywood! New blog or newsletter? Chinese changes 2023. Guess I should publish 2022 edition. MYMYM2023 continues on Instagram and YouTube No Agenda Show: Ukraine war going to be over soon? DMZ in Donbas area? Biden out? Harris and Obama 2024? Would Trump have a chance? All this just intrigues me more to go. Workout done... 4 miles, 300 double...

May the Fourth be with you! Great marketing Start of the work week? We got rain! Chinese class... how are your teeth? Ukrainian class... lots of language spoken! Taras Shevchenko reading MYMYM2023 trying some things out. Show notes tracks n vids all up on stevensirski.com Have a good one.

Dead bodies under the bed Travel restrictions (all a part of the gamble of leaving the country!) MYMYM2023 - Instagram n YouTube updated. USD/GOLD inversion... just seems obvious, which means watch this trade unfold over the next six months. If gold breaks through to the upside, it will no doubt be met with a sharp reversal. The USD is just too oversold. All that being said, there are a lot of fac...

Eight hours for yourself, or eight hours for someone else? Labour Day... but people are back to work? Markets open Thursday Sun Tzu class Ukrainian class... no go iTalki offers language proficiency tests? Uses Emmersion, a company that specializes in AI-language testing. Thinking of applying for a quote. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Labour Day is no day off! Newsletter out! Chinese taxes done! Twitter subscriptions? What would you pay for? May You Make Your Movie kicks off! New vids (complete with a behind the scenes look) are up on YouTube. Merch and such, worth it? Why would you buy? Unless it's tour concert shirts How was Ukrainian lesson? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!

A little reading for you... Taras Shevchenko's My Thoughts. Why? Reading up on some of those Ukrainian classics. Taras Shevchenko is the national bard, or poet. Workouts in! New shoes feeling good. Four miles (6.5kms), 200 double unders, 50 or so box jumps, then 100 pull ups, 200 push ups and 300 squats during the afternoon. Didn't get to wash my hair till after the evening workout! Long weekend f...

New shoes! Finally! Saucony! Asics! Looking for compression stockings. Prepping for May You May Your Movie, last big creative push for a while. Chinese class at lunch, why are Chinese women so 疯狂？ Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

New DJI drone! How often do I fly the other one? Chinese lesson, done! Ukrainian lesson... a lot more Ukrainian than I thought possible So where does this all lead? Getting to the end of April already... time is flying! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Tongue twisters for Chinese? You've probably heard of some of them. 四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十，四十四隻石獅子是死是活？ (sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí, sìshísì zhī shí shīzi shì sǐ shì huó?) 刘德华唱了一首歌，留的话却没了哇。 (Liú Déhuá chàng le yī shǒu gē, liú de huà què méi le wā.) Chinese teacher from Ha Sa Ka Se Tan, started Chinese when I did... and now...

Former Soviet states aren't countries? Sooo... what about those guys bombing Ukraine? They're Soviet. Chinese ambassador to France (who speaks convincing French) Lu Shaye getting into trouble. Been a while since I talked about it but the socials are pushing it forward aaaand... Ukrainian teacher keeps sending me these articles to read. I guess it's a good idea to learn the modern pronunciation and...

End of week! So what? Haaaa ChatGTP for content creation: ie, language learning materials! Summaries! Other! Good weather so far in Beijing... other than sandstorms and some pollution from time to time. Workouts in: 3 miles at lunch (I'm slowing down) 300 double unders 65 bench jumps Then: 105 pull ups 210 push ups 330 squats throughout the afternoon. After work pump: slow n steady weights. Also c...

Giggle giggle! Grow up! I sound like my father: eat here. It's cheaper. Couldn't justify going out to eat, just not needed as I have food available. Construction again?! Chinese classes... Sun Tze and his ancient language... Apparently he talked a lot and his disciples just wrote down an abbreviated form of what he said. How to scare your teacher and find a hidden camera. Show notes n tracks up on...

Colleague Lewis passed away. Expat liabilities. When do you end? What are you fighting or working so hard for? Why don't you have it now? What more do you need? Ukrainian class, how was it? Finally a happy teacher! Haha From Kharkiv, a trip down memory lane. News or music for language learning? Lots of resources! And another sandstorm! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Would you rather have a really busy day with no breaks or a slow day with lots of breaks? Rotator cuff damage? How?! Reading Ukrainian... slooooow! Chinese class was speaking not writing. Working from home is awesome! How could I ever go back?! Finished reading South China Morning Post! Next up, Financial Times weekend edition! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

AI everywhere! Notepad?! Need to sign in... not sure I'm okay with that. Knocked out for the weekend with that Subway Sickness! Workouts in today, but was feeling a lot slower. Middle of April already?! Warming up here in Beijing. SSP38 is up so have a listen if you haven't already. This year marks Year Number 3 of the big cast, Year 2 of the small cast. Newsletter will be out soon. Language Vlog...

SSP38 IS UP! Spotify Google Apple now! Song Wang joins me on the podcast to talk about life as a commercial and voice over producer here in Beijing. From how she got started, to her wedding day pitch, to her future work and travel plans, this episode will interest those who are curious about those advertisements you see allll the time. Sick! Take the subway ONE TIME without a mask aaandd... feelin...

Episode 38 editing... welp, may just have to switch up the source microphones. Gold... when it seems obvious... it is? But it isn't? Takeaway Thursday, what did you eat today? Masks no longer compulsory, but encouraged! Why wasn't ChatGTP made in China? Show notes n.tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Another sandstorm or is the other one still going? Hard to tell. Troy's Team and learning martial arts Half day work day. Episode 38 getting finished up! Beijing to Europe 2023: Berlin? Frankfurt? Warsaw? Kyiv? Lviv? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

People's War? Taiwan theatre to open? South China Morning Post not too optimistic. Working on SSP38... these mics were supposed to make my life easier! Another sandstorm! And windy! Chinese classes resume Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! Drum track for you, a little something I played over the weekend... was thinking of renting a drum kit.

Heya Happy Easter! Christos Voskres! Voistiny Voskres! Fell asleep after dinner! Almost missed my Ukrainian class! Lessons lined up for the rest of the week. Back to work full on from now until June at least. Working on SSP38, should be done this week. Newsletter out! Overall, how was Hong Kong? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a great start of week!

Can you hear how tired I am? What would've I done differently? -Planned the hostel / hotel situation a little better -possibly booked my tickets earlier All up only would've saved about $500 CAD, or about 2200 RMB. Probably would've stayed further outside of the city (but keep in mind taxi fees) What about bringing tech n work with me? -Got stuff done the first weekend, but the hotel shuffle destr...