The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

HSK 5 test prep begins! July 16th is the test date! A liiiittttllee bit nervous! New challenge to myself: post a new video everyday until test day. Can it be done? How much of an improvement will I see? Will I be able to yak on like I do in English?

Lockdowns again? Why? Someone got the bug in a club and now they're all closed.

Gotta keep those NATs current if you want to enter stores! Booted from April Gourmet!

The Stand, Stephen King, and cocaine. Do drugs help creativity? Eeee, tough to say, but it does beg the question: is there anyone who has become a household name that isnt or wasnt hopped up on something?

Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com.

Have a good one!

Another animation done! This time with coffee beans!

Word has it that a neighbour is being ousted because... the landlord is selling! That, to me, is a sign of at least a change of direction.

Stonk market is appreciating and investors' money is going up!

Was out with some folks last night and of all things... met a lady who graduated from my university one year later than I did. Why was she there? Cause it was cheaper... but a little bit cold. An understatement!

Double workout again tomorrow, though about taking supplements, CLA and or L-Carnitine but... are these sustainable?

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Have a good one!

Seems to be a bit more life out now in the city, I guess people are happy to be out.

Passport picked up, now the rest has to be done. And now visa and work permit and contract renewals begin. My real fear is updating WeChat and Alipay. If those dont work then life will be 麻烦了 (troublesome).

MYMYM2022 nearing completion as finally got to animating one of the vids. Still dont like After Effects as it runs too slow.

Zongzi made over the weekend.

HSK test to be signed up for, next month is the target!

Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Beijing is open! Allowed to dine out again and restrictions are being lifted all over the place! Yey!

Happy Jubilee Day! The Queen of England has been in charge for 70+ years! Can you imagine doing the same job for 70 years?

Reading The Stand by Stephen King. I like his writing style. Surprised he didnt get any flack for some of the words he uses in his books.

New vid up for MYMYM2022. A few more to go. Want to try out some more animation, esp stop motion.

Going to pick up the new passport tomorrow which means... visa, work permit and contract renewal. And... guess no more excuses for putting off that HSK test.

Markets shoot higher as the govt scrutiny of Didi and other tech names is nearing completion.

Website updated!

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Have a good one!

What is that feeling called when you wake up but can barely move? Not sore, but like your muscles are ultimately relaxed? Sleep intertia?

Yea, tough to get out of bed this morning but still managed the two workouts today. Pizza is a good recovery food, right?

Dragon Boat Festival, have yet to eat zongzi, some went to Chaoyang Park but I think you need proof of vaccination.

Uploaded a few more vids. Will get some more done tomorrow. Got one of those cell phone stands that all the cool kids have.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

-Did a test Discord run and ran into some issues of how best to stream audio. Thought I could use Quicktime to screen capture but it didn't work.

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Have a good weekend!

Hot n sweaty!

Still don't understand the electronic gate passes

NAT sites fewered.

Two workouts! Trying out the running with weight vest again. Dropped it by 2kg though so now only 11kg.

2 miles no vest

1 mile w vest

30 air squats

30 pushups

12 pulls ups

1 mile run

+ 2 pull ups

Then spent most of the day working on... the Iron Man HUD! This was a neat one! Multiple layers and required some work but it got done!

Dragon Boat this weekend as the cities open up. But for what? I think this is the holiday with the guy who drowned so that's why they eat zongzi, or rice cakes in bamboo leaves.

Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com!

Enjoy the weekend!

New month! New life!? Or same ol same ol? Language Vlog: stop being so pseudo academic! Vlog your language! Calling myself out. Getting things done and making sure I've covered as many bases as possible. Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!

Beijing AND Shanghai opening up, right on schedule! Does that mean the generator will be on again at that school? The lights were on...

Market turnaround? Looks like it as China reopens. Was it because the Western media chose monkeypox instead?

A few new vids up for MYMYM2022, should be the end but have got a few left to do.

Tried out some Discording, I see it's use but my connection isn't stable.

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Have a good end of May!

May You Make Your Movie - spent much of the weekend trying to finish up a few vids and only got through some. Will ppst soon.

Got distracted! Old travel vidz! Old vlog attempts! Cringy!

Beijing case numbers are down and I see a few places have opened again. Still no dining in but it is good weather for a cold Tsingdao.

Listening parties? I've thought about this before and I'm not sure why I hadn't tried before. Discord?

Show notes vidz n tracks up on stevensirski.com, have a good week!

Workouts completed and yea, still need to work on hip mobility! Tried an online combat fitness class and, well, yea, had some difficulty. Still a decent workout though!

Animation: difficult to grt through the mind but got it done.

Three vids out:

-Cereal Animation

-Eye See Beijing

-Glowing Space Force

Will have more time this weekend too.

Newly released e-pass for the compound, I thought things were getting better?

Does China want Siberia? Lots of commodities and I remember one of my students talking about it when I FIRST came to China!

Get some exercise! Eat your vegetables and get some vitamin D!

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com!

Have a good weekend!