The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Weekend! Workout and how is that back going? Half Murph: 2 mile warm up: 23.00 (unweighted) 1 mile: 10.20 50 pull ups 100 push ups 150 squats (22.44) 1 mile: 9.14 Air raid siren test this weekend! Ever heard one? Changsha fire! Maybe we'll see some fire suppressant tech finally installed? China finds some sort of new mineral, now pundits are saying TIME TO LEARN MANDARIN! Referring back to my disc...

Two year wait to get a car in Canada?! Supply chain issues?! Makes me think about what I see around here: almost no Jaguars and far fewer Lamborghinis and Ferraris. Still some Audis, BMWs and Mercedes, lots more Nio, Xpeng, Teslas. Day off on Monday for the Queen's funeral, and apparently not all are sad that she's gone. Even in Canada! Would it matter? Did some light jogging today to get the back...

Building internet connections with proxies and Raspberries, is it worth it? Rest week enforced as the back has been tweaked! Ouch! Change of workout planning? Do you track your workouts? How long do you fast for? Show notes tracks n vids up on my website stevensirski.com Have a good midweek!

Plan B 2012 prices, free burgers n beer this weekend on the 17th! HSK in the morning. Was able to hold several conversations recently, so something must be working. Still need to work on tones and spoken grammar. DELTA Unit 1 done (making a new video). Chinese check Natural or AI-assisted language? Ukraine offensive: what happens when they hit the border? Still lots of people sort of assuming this...

Cleaning the apt: what's some of this stuff worth? Mixing live: new idea? Making moon cakes, it kinda worked. Dual workouts continue, what changes could I make? Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com Have a great start of week!

The Queen has died. After 70 years on the throne and 96 years of life, Her Majesty the Queen of England, Elizabeth the Second, has passed. Now King Charles takes the throne, but he's not so young. Chinese class went alright, teacher was from just outside of Shanghai so a bit cheaper and soke different pronunciations. Practiced vocab just before class and that seemed to activate the schema. FULL MU...

The eighth already! Days are flying by! Chinese characters and a conversation class coming up. 30 minutes. We'll see how this goes. My issue with English being a lingua franca... Apparently gotta renew my work permit again! So that has to be done sometime soon. DELTA course continues, might switch the timing of doing those videos. These nights are getting late! Murph challenge again tomorrow, let'...

Ukraine on the offensive. How can that border ever not have soldiers on it any more? Even once things have settled there will need to be a military presence. Last Eastern European language class for now, at least I have some more time. But this war has me thinking that whatever the outcome, knowing BOTH of the languages might actually be handy Double workouts cause I had the time... apparently THE...

Cicadas are noticeably gone, crickets are back. Sichuan earthquake! Communities were in lock down! Reading magazines: extensive or just expensive waste? But if I need to know something then I need to read it in English. How do I change this? Still studying characters in isolation - morning walk for 45 minutes! No way around this AND... might just have to start writing out those characters. SLV mod...

Getting cooler, but afternoons are still warm. What to do if your boss finds out you're looking for another job. Got two workouts in cause was off work early. Tried out the steel mace, a little awkward at the moment. Barista competition at Fortune Plaza mall, coffee showcase next week outside. Lots of wasted coffee and milk but some very nice designs. Lions, flowers, horses. And a judge in yoga pa...

Episode #33 recorded with a returning guest! How much has changed since we last saw each other?! Generator still on! They turned it back on at 3.40! Fkkkk Weekend plans... get things done! Podcast episodes, audio blog archives, studying and more. Should be packed! 2 mile warm up: 19.23 Half Murph: 1 mile: 9.25 50 pull ups, 100 pushups, 150 air squats: 24.17 1 mile: 9.00 Stock market up down and ar...

That's an 18-hour day. New month! Count down begins! New podcast episode recorded. Another one lined up. Gotta take advantage of the timing! Questioning those who are saying to post more on social media and that artists / creatives will reign supreme in the coming years... but they need data connections, platforms and power to move their wares. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a goo...

More cases and people leaving! The bloodletting continues! China is the first place I've for so long in one place, literally! I wanted to see how things would turn out, but I still haven't really been attracted to anywhere else just yet. And do I really want to live out of backpack again? Workouts, could a change be in the works? What if I shifted my eating window? Another language class, need lot...

End of the month already! One more day just in case you didn't know Allergies! Same thing happened last year If should maybe another backpacking trip... how would I get home? And where is home? Reading up on the Ukrainian war, sounds like it's either stalled or more preparations are happening. The fact remains, Russia has more ammunition and supplies that it makes on its own and doesnt seem to be...

Getting cool outside Double workouts plus a bike ride to sign another contract extension. Thinking of adding some more equipment DELTA terminology! Started in, one hour a day is my goal Learning the language and culture... must be necessary -do you ever feel as if you just want to go back to where you can understand everything? -THAT'S what needs to happen if you live overseas. Otherwise not only...

Murph: 2.08 mile warm up - 20.52 Unweighted 1 mile - 9.17 Workout 16x - 29.37 5 pull ups 10 pushups 15 air squats 1 mile - 8.55 Felt pretty good after and did think of doing the whole 20 rounda but was wanting to leave some left for the afternoon. But did get me thinking that it is possible, unweighted, to complete the whole thing. Language convo class at 5.30, wanted to try pure conversation prac...

Internet issues so no livestream :( DELTA module to begin, lots of reading and theory to go through. Was told to plan to go through the whole thing, not just one part HSK 5 and language proficiency -how do you know when it'a good enough? PLUS! A reader's comments! And when HR leaves, is it all over? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good end of week!

Ukrainian independence day A reading of some Ukrainian Today's bike ride, subway was packed going there Had to sign two documents and do it in person because of my foreign passport. The lady I know there I havent seen in years and she was surprised at how thin I was compared to before. A drop of 18kg! Workout completed A little bit depressing to see and hear so many people leaving. Do you think we...

Smells like smoke? Nearing the end of ghost month No mirrors to decorate the room or else you'll see a ghost... yea, your own face in the middle of the night! Watched the 2015 Murph challenge, they do it all at once, no sets! He ran the last mile in 8 minutes! Nowhere near this level of fitness! Need to work out how I'll get the morning workout done as I have to be across town in the morning. Anot...

Out Saturday night, went on for a bit, new place opened up Last full week of August already, are you having fun? Humidity has moderated Workouts arent as intense, feeling a little sluggish but still putting in the time Tired of not being able to travel if only just to see something SLV vids up Using YouTube shorts to post more travels vids, bike rides on hethe weekend Where could you live for $100...

If i had the money, what would I do with my time? Learn languages -never talked about this yesterday New SLV vids up TikTok and YouTube Shorts: okay to poat old travel videos? A walk down memory lane for me! Dual workouts, -Half Murph this morn but with 4.? kg, about 8 lbs or so. 10 rounds: Mile 1: 9m 46s Workout: 26m 11s Mile 2: 10m 28s Continue to watch Prehistoric Planet. This is soooo cool! Oh...

Raining all day! No bike ride, slept in, but did some mobility work in the morning SSP31 up! You can download the mp3 through Google Drive on my website or hit me up on Wechat and I'll send it to you. Language learning channel brainstorming... Metaverse n nft classroom, is it something teachers to use? Send yourself to the classroom? Can students use it or is it just for an 'open office hour' clas...

ANDREW BUSTAMANTE! Not what I said before. Watching Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV. Everything seems to either eat or kill something else. How do they remember that one or another creature will eat you? If you have to ask what an 18-hour work day is... Doing the DELTA! Aaaannnndddd... EPISODE 31 IS FINALLY UP! Rachel Weiss from the Date night China podcast joins me to talk about podcasting, being...

Humidity down so it is cooler and much nicer than a week ago! Power brownouts in parts of the country, should I feel bad about using my fan? Realize that it's difficult to fall asleep with it on and... even with the crickets outside! 18 hour work days, could you do it? Dr. Jordan Peterson talks about this especially as it pertains more to men than women in the late 30s. Well, sheeit, am I going th...

World population to hit 8 billion, so? Are people still not having kids because it hurts the environment? Havent heard that argument in a while Salman Rushdie stabbed! I remember when Satanic Verses came out... still havent read it Double workouts HSK vocab... 97 minutes on Sunday! Have I been slacking that much? Still no HSK results just yet. 24 miles around 2nd ring road! YouTube shorts seems to...