The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Watch your back when swinging kbells! Probably should have done a lighter warm up weight.

Depressing science books: despite all your efforts, the Universe will still either get ripped apart or crunched together. Gee... is this how I want to spend my days?

Latin courses throughout the summer? Language vlog this weekend: might talk about ancient languages. Found a course online that will teach spoken Latin. I see no financial return in doing the course and the course times are horrible so it would be an odd choice. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there are so many channels in Latin or Ancient Greek on YouTube. Why didn't I start one years ago?!

Chinese test prep... so... should I sign up?

Expat exodus... those in Shanghai are pretty much done with the lockdown and it sounds like their view has soured. But, as there.are fewer jobs for teachers, are there other job opportunities? Why are YOU still in China?

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com

Have a good day!

Time to buy or time to hide? Trading stocks is not for everyone! Beijing is sloooooowwww and cold. NATs continue

Is everyone home working killing my wifi speeds? Using mobile data quite a bit. Good thing it's cheap here.

Spent much of the morning calling home and designing logos. Found Adobe's Logo Maker so I was trying that out. Then spent some time trying to trace it so I could animate the different layers.

Basically moving between PixelMator and Motion. Show notes, tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com. Have a good day!

Allergies after the rain! Beijing lockdowns continue and so does NATting! Got some more running gear just in time as businesses told to shuttter themselves. Futures down, markets down, victory day in Russia, for what? Language vlogs up, May You Make Your Movie up, have a good start of week! Show notes n tracks n vidz up on stevensirskk.com Have a grear start of weel!

Tried to get Waimai today cause I didn’t want to cook buuuut after waiting an hour and a half and watching the delivery guy go everywhere but to the restaurant to pick up my order, I cancelled. Got hte money back and I did feel bad. I guess I could have called the restaurant and offered to pick it up instead. So, tuna, kimchi, lettuce and seaweed mixed up and put on a bun. It’s my new go-to meal. Tuna sandwiches, without the mayo. More people are leaving, always sad to hear, despite hearing the list of potential names before. WuBi keyboard - all the different versions of Chinese keyboards, may talk about this more on my language vlog this weekend. Isn’t this a part of Chinese culture? Well… it replaced my Chinese studies for the day. Suggested improvements for vlog: more pictures! More videos! QWERTY keyboard? Problem with Android to Mac: might be that 10 GB file I had from a few weeks ago. MYMYM - website updated with the different vids, so too Audio Blogs. Show notes, tracks n vids up on STEVENSIRSKI.COM. Have a good weekend!

Do Chinese people get treated the same as foreigners do in regard to COVID prevention? One article says yes... buuut, the examples it gives are kinda tangential. So let's think of some times n places where we all would get treated the same... and surely wouldn't want the Bao An's job! May Your Make Your Movie animations done! Took the day to write 'End' + soundtrack the EIGHT SECONDS of footage! Aiyamaiya! Cinco de Mayo... Mexico beats France back. I think of frozen margaritas. Show notes, tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!

May the Forth be with you. Watched more Star Trek esp Voyager but would pref to read books about the universe than watch science fiction. Great marketing gimic though!

May You Make Your Movie animation offering: tried two-layers and more movement.

Taxes: remember to consult a tax professional! Don't rely on podcasters for your information! Look it up and check your own situation.

Subways are closed! Restaurants are closed! GuoMao closing up! Beijing SKP closing up!

Looking at progress pics over the years, didn't start documenting till just before the pandemic started in January 2020. Slight gains but I'm told there's a difference. Scale also tells a story of a loss of weight overall.

Show notes, tracks n vidz up on stevensirski.com.

Hope your Wednesday is going well!

Is this another disruption to the supply chain and the truckers in the US? The last time that happened was April 2019.

Various cases increase (minimally) but more closures are occurring. Were previous compound closures preventative?

Spent the morning getting taxes done. Not overly difficult but I don't do this very often so I want to be as meticulous as possible. Income in, expenses out. No income, no deductions, basic financial math. Some things to watch out for as non resident / expat are currency flucations and retirement accounts. Generally, if non-resident then you don't get to contribute to any registered accounts back in your homeland.

Res / non res depends on your stuff, strings and intent attaching you to a place. Can be daunting but worth the time to learn something about. All govts publish their tax laws, but it's all very dry and to the point so you'd almost be better to simply do your taxes on your own to find out what all the lines mean.

And it should go without saying that you should consult your own tax adviser before making any decisions.

May You Make Your Movie continues with soke footage from the Great Wall. The test today was to assemble 22 minutes of footage into a much shorter duration and then to make it move with only images, no soundtrack.

Tomorrow will try to get more Chinese done, apparently I didn't sign up for any work in May so looks like I'll have a few weeks off. Oops.

Show notes, tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com.

Have a good one!

New month new day new cases!

Restaurant closures mean takeaway only so good thing we went out on Friday! May You Make Your Movie has begun so you can follow that on my website also through the Instagram account just add @ to the name.

Some Chinese done today

Recorded another Language Vlog buuut now I'm learning just how unwieldy 4K files can be. May have to settle for 1080p.

Show notes, tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com. Have a good start of week!

Paid rent too early and the landlord won't return it, did she spend it already or does she do what I do and put it into short term savings?

Equation of the universe? Respect for those who figure in numbers. Is evolution picking us off?

Mystical morning musing music

Morning mystical music musing

Musical morning mystical musing

Musing musical mystical morning

End of the month, end of the week, Labour Day here, five days off to do.....

Virus closing in but very small increments of case numbers

Show notes n tracks on stevensirski.com

Have a good weekend!

Current virus counts, which one are we on? And why are there closures for this variant? The virtues of homeworking, or am I just in a honeymoon period? Two-a-days keep going, but not getting the same amount of language study done as a result. Walking vs running in the morning. Abs coming in! Would you drink vinegar in the morning? Stunt double training postponed. Six weeks to HSK 5 test?! How do I pick up my pace? Language acquisition channel could be a good idea. All about my understanding of quantum mechanics after reading Michio Kaku's The God Equation.