The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Spring Festival Eve eve. Tomorrow is ChuXi, then Chun Jie, then Beijing gets too hot again. How long would you go home for? A week? Keep in mind, everybody else still has lives going on while you're on vacation! Should you quit your job? Jacinda Ardern resigned as PM of New Zealand. Wouldn't you after six years? Jamuary tracks up, working on a few more. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com H...

Ho hum what a hummy ho hum day.

You don't need much to create something, just time and effort.

I don't want to work, I just want to bang my fingers on the desk all day!

Ging the gang a gang a long ging gong.

Nap time again! Bigo... yea... playing the strip joint. Chinese lessons Videos up. Happy Spring Festival! Cold n windy again today. And how much time should you 'invest' in your content creation and who really wins in that battle? Show notes n stuff on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Temple Fairs are back! All the biggies and the little gigglies. Ditan is the big one, but there are lots to choose from. Chinese class: all about Chun Jie / Spring Festival, cooking, 对联 (dui lian, door couplets). Posted another DELTA M1 video covering Unit 8. Will get to Unit 9 soon to complete that series. Also want to do a review vid and an essential reading vid. Workouts done! Lunch time runn...

Sad news about Nepal plane crash. Scary and tragic. Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of those on board. Trustworthiness of social media: say no to it, but how much can you make with your skills? Say yes to it but no guarantee of any success, which do you prefer? Chinese writing class... this will be intense! Got some Chinese writing books that have pens with disappearing ink! More Ja...

Start of a new week and heading into Spring Festival. No plans. Work on Friday, work next Wednesday. New newsletter for my language vlog, would help keep things focused and can see where it can be helpful. Off the compound for a night out and GuoMao had some people moving around. Jamuary tracks around. Show notes on stevensirski.com Have a good week!

Friday the 13th! Used to mean something. Rich people live longer... maybe. Supplements, access to info, don't live in dangerous places! Workouts: lunchtime 3 mile + thrusters n burpees. Changing things up. A modification of May You Make Your Movie? Need to update Jamuary! Show notes tracks n stuff on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend!

Komplete Kontrol Snow Chinese classes Show notes et all on stevensirski.con Have a good one!

Ten years from now, what do you think you'll be doing? What will you be doing? Where will you be doing it? With who? If you can't imagine that, think of what you'd like to be doing at that time. Unity Web Dev Today's work out Action classes? Chinese class learning how to read movie characters! Fireworks keep popping! Show notes on the site stevensirski.com

Busy day posting... big cast vids! Finally up they go! Episode 11 is up, 12 to follow and so on! Not looking to hear the whole thing? Clipping them up too! Search The Steven Sirski Podcast on YouTube and you'll see a dedicated channel to the podcast. Tried to upload them to Spotify but apparently it just creates a new episode. Chinese class cancelled :( Liking the morning character walk tho. And t...

Canada wins World Juniors! Not a surprise but it's happened before that they've lost. Renewed vigor in Chinese studies. Signed up for more lessons, writing and reading this time, we'll see if they're any good. Newsletter out, website updated, Jamuary tracks up, thinking Patreon, videos up, finally recordes Unit 8 for the DELTA series I'm doing. Bigo and live streaming... kinda looks like a soft po...

Doing some vocals today... kinda.

Fireworks or not? There was already a fire last night. Beijing reopens for flights, will check to see how much tickets are. Want to work after work but these work outs may have to be altered. Buuuuttt.... 3 mile run (30min) then 15 rounds of 5 pull ups 10 push ups 15 air squats Time: 23.30 (plus 3 minutes walking up the stairs from the run outside) New vids up on the language vlog. Social media sh...

Tribute to the Father who would have been nearing 80 today. A little digression about the year 2017... On the phone all day! Client Chinese teacher Steve Blaque with a Komplete Kontrol walk through Qmex for a late dinner... had to get out. Short staffed? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

THE VIRUS isn't gone just yet as the testing boxes are back again. Jamuary tracks updated on Spotify December Drumming full album also uploaded to Spotify, stream for free. (Would you ever pay?) Chinese classes a go go! Episode 36 is finally up! Curt Hamilton joins me on this podcast to talk about his life in China, working with the sports teams, and where he's off to next. Stream through Spotify...

Day three of the Jamuary song-a-day challenge for 2023!

Track #2 for Jamuary.

The deep tissue massage lady quit! XBB variant! Diarrhea!? Signed up for Chinese classes... 加油！ Finished The Body by Bill Bryson... we're all going to die! Even if we eat well, exercise, and don't drink so much. It's just that the runway is longer if you take care of yourself. Episode 36 is done, now to upload. Jamuary continues... Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good return t...

New Year! How was it? Made food. HSK 5 focus: goal is March or April December Drumming over Jamuary begins! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Happy New Year!

Last episode of the year! Should I have done a review episode? Maybe that would have been a good idea. Recorded over 5000 minutes of audio. Standardized the 20 minutes or so. Like a conversation. Did another 8 big podcasts. That's not enough! Career changes, how to know when to move on? JP Getty: lots of money out there, best way is to own your own business. The question becomes: would you want to...

Not out of the clear just yet as several countries requiring negative NATs prior to boarding! But... Hong Kong drops vaccination requirements! Somehow they have herd immunity yet cases are spiking here? The world, and life, is trying to kill us. Reading Bill Bryson's The Body! Everything is after us! Cancers! Diseases! Accidents! Cancer was really bad before... took a long time to kill you and sme...

Reopening: friend or foe? Is this new policy if China catch up or gotcha? Writing Excuses - good podcast to listen to all about the writers' life. Also came across an AI writing program a while back. Where would these fit in in our work flow? Bigo... have you heard of this APP? Apparently you can apply to Livestream and make money through an agency... it's an idea. December Drumming continues! New...