The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

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August 26, 2022 SSAB - August 26 2022
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 practice rather than lesson-based. Largely failed, but I could see how this could be done for Mandarin instead.
The future of education: you will have to be in a big city because you will need to have access to the information highway (the internet) at decent speeds, but your choice of who to learn from will be huge! And what about IP blocks? That will also play into it.
Prehistoric Planet: what if aliens sound like dinosaurs? Are we sending rhe right messages?
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com.
Have a great weekend!
23 min
August 25, 2022 SSAB - August 25 2022
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!
24 min
August 24, 2022 SSAB - August 24 2022
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 will meet again? Sure can keep in touch and I'd like to think the world is a rather small place, but this is like a death.
Even if they came back, would it be the same? What has changed so much?
Show notes tracks n vids up on my website stevensirski.com
Slava Ukrainii!
34 min
August 23, 2022 SSAB - August 23 2022
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.
Another lesson with the language that cannot be named. Another couple weeks of this. USD is kind of high right now so I dont want to buy any more credits just yet.
Was looking for a cheap Chinese teacher for convo or tone practice
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com
Have a good Tuesday!
24 min
August 22, 2022 SSAB - August 22 2022
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 $1000 or 1000 Euros a month? That's 7000 RMB per month
The value of some time off
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com
Have a good start of week!
21 min
August 19, 2022 SSAB - August 19 2022
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, and Unity... one other reason I think it's in the future... cause it's difficult. Music: easy, movies: easy, APPs: easy (-ish), but 3D character generation and application? A little more difficult!
And a new JingA on the hood!
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com
Have a good weekend!
25 min
August 18, 2022 SSAB - August 18 2022
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' classroom?
Unity game development - this is the next thing in creative filmmaking
Let's check those HSK scores! EEEEECH.... listen to what happened! (138/300) Study plan going forward...
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one and I hope your studies are going better than mine!
25 min
August 18, 2022 SSP31 - Rachel Weiss
This episode another fellow expat, but this one is a known a bit around the foreigner circles that remain. One half of the Date Night China podcast team, Rachel Weiss, joins me to =day to talk about life here in China, what brought her here in the first place so many years ago, and how the idea for a “Date night” podcast came about. Her podcast has struck a chord with those expats who are left as it’s one of the few teams that is still putting on events around the cities for people to meet and greet.
In addition to Date Night China (datenightchinacom.wordpress.com), Rachel can be found on YouTube with her own travel vlog, Rachel Meets China.
Shows notes and mp3 download at stevensirski.com/podcast-2
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1 hr 34 min
August 17, 2022 SSAB - August 17, 2022
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 an expat especially now in Beijing, and some plans for the future. Stay tuned for a listen after today's show and then head to stevensirski.com to download the episode.
Show notes tracks vids and big podcast up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!
25 min
August 16, 2022 SSAB - August 16 2022
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 through a midlife crisis? First, I hope it's not midlife! Second, if you could get paid or at least entertain the idea of getting paid for your hobbies or ideas, would you spend the time after work working on them?
Been writing a few soundtracks as of late. Thinking of putting these all up on a website.
Chinese percussive therapy! Jiggling and whacking and clapping. No bike ride this morning but did go for a three mile run... cause I was waiting for Starbucks to open!
Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com
Have a good day!
23 min