The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Just when you think the markets are bottoming... they fall further. Check Canadian energy.

Beijing case numbers significantly down, compulsory testing today, but only one week till the June 1st deadline.

Workouts paused today, back and left hip were stiff so decided to work on some mobility drills instead. Will try to back at it tomorrow morn.

May You Make Your Movie, been working on a trilogy of sorts, will have uploaded soon.

Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com. Today's characters are 休息！

First thunderstorm of the year.

Curious: if the long-timers are moving with their wives n kids, does that mean the wives are hearing or seeing something that's not being said out loud?

Beijing vs Shanghai might be heating up, thought numbers are down.

Monkeypox?

Will be a busy week trying to finish up all these vids but will be happy once it's done!

#MayYouMakeYourMovie

Two a day skill development: one arm pull ups, push ups and pistol squats.

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com! Hope your Tuesday is well!

Quiet...if I shut off all of the fans. Other than that, it's warm and getting humid!

New episode of Language Vlog is in the works, spent the day editing it.

New vids are in the works, Eye See Beijing.

Appeared on another language web stream on the weekend. Hosted by former colleague Denny Goin, Hobbit English is available on Youtube and Facebook to stream. Talked about motivation to keep up the studies.

Some more work this week, should distract me. How will I get my two a days in?

Aaannnddd... May 23... the passport should be ready. Let's hope this all goes well!

Show noted tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com! Have a good week!

Do you want to sweat or breathe smog? That's a summer in Beijing.

Wu Er Ni! If you haven't sent your gf an wu er ni msg and 5.20, then you still have time. Some say this is the Chinese Valentine's Day but I thought that was March 11. Or when? I think this is really just the beginning of the summer shopping season and leading up to 618, which are lucky numbers in Chinese.

Busy day with the two a days, club in the morning, kbell after work.

Another language podcast? Is it possible to do another podcast in another language? Do I need another project that doesn't pay? How many projects can someone afford to take on before something breaks?

Some universities have been closed because of The Virus That Won't End. Aggravating.

May You Make Your Movie: A Close Up of Nature is posted!

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com! Have a good weekend!

Chilled soda water tasting pretty good these days as the temperature rises. Possible topic for this week's language vlog: what does it take to become a translater or interpreter? Is it a reasonable goal to set to achieve as a language student?

Workout routine: worth scheduling in advance? How much should I plan? Need to find a better method for these two a days. (Nutrient timing means eating within 30 minute or so after the workouts so the glycogen stores in my body can be replenished. This isnt as necessary if you're not working out as much. Read 'Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise anabolic window?' by Aragon and Schoenfeld.)

Meal planning: keep it simple and just keep doing it. May You Make Your Movies are up, will need to double down and focus to get this last half of videos in on time! Beijing case numbers are going down, was this just a battle of BJ vs SHG? Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!

Allergies in Beijing - a problem every spring and late autumn for some reason. What to do?

Website updated - audio blog and May You Make Your Movie videos up for viewing and download! After Effects vs Apple Motion?

Beatles album - Abbey Road: love it or hate it? Never listened to it before so Saturday was the first time and I got AN EAR FULL! Takes me back to my first issue of Modern Drummer magazine! Show notes tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!

Contract renewals, planning one year at a time in advance all the time, Peter Hessler's ousting from China, re-skilling and hope for the future in China. Aaannnd new May Your Make Your Movie up on the socials! Show notes, tracks n vidz up on my website, stevensirski.com.

Not registered for HSK 5 test since all of Chaoyang is still being told to work from home. Since I want to do the paper test, chances are it won't go ahead just yet.

New study materials from ANOTHER EXPAT who is leaving! Some Chinese classics in there so now I have no excuse not to read them.

Speaking of Classics... new language vlog is up. Episode 4 is now done! All about the Ancient Greek and Latin languages, its use, and some of the major authors.

New May You Make Your Movie vids up! I'm taking from those vids I started for April After Effects and repurposing them. After Effects issss sssslllllooooowwwwwwe!

SSP Episode to be rescheduled, gotta work when it's there!

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com.

Have a good one!

Friday the 13th! And THE VIRUS GETS CLOSER!

So... how does a red spot become not red? Seems it's not an easy procedure for all of these closed off places to get the flag removed. BUT, govt says Shanghai will start seeing improvements within the next seven days. How do they know?

More podcast episodes getting lined up, should be good!

TOMORROW I will get to uploading! Spent the day doing some editing on my vids from Chongqing and Chengdu. Found something I can use.

Chinese grammar today: 个别 gebie (namely) and 非 fei, which has a lot of meanings, kinda like not is but can also give emphasis to a verb or action.

Lost the file of my first audio blog episode so I had to rip it the old fashioned way from Soundcloud. Have a listen! My how it has changed since then! One year on! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good weekend!

Beijing lockdowns... is that why everybody is buying groceries? Staying put n why. Learning Chinese inch by lonely inch. Building an online presence for what? Podcast #31 in the works! Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com! Have a good one!