The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

New day new month! Expat goodbyes. March Motion. The beginning of April After Effects. Living overseas. Language learning. Busy day! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good weekend!

End of the month!

Chinese studies... going faster, last class for me this weekend.

March motion is (almost) over but I still have a few projects to finish up. April After Effects starts tomorrow so I do want to get these done! Was also playing around with Douyin and Yingqian, the associated video editor. VERY good... and free! We'll see how many socials I want to be on. Are they all necessary? Do they all do the same thing?

Aaaannnnddd... podcast episode #30 is up! Kei Gambit joins me to talk about life in China, the reason he came over, and his work as a voice actor here in the country.

Head over to stevensirski.com to download the episode now!

Have a good one!

Ukrainian oil, that was never talked about before but the timeline fits. War continues.

March Motion coming to a close, simplifying quite a few projects

so I can get them done.

Chinese progressing. Richard Sears, Chinese etymology, researches the evolution of Chinese characters (hanziyuan.net).

Double workouts and calorie counting, is this sustainable?

Podcast numbers... I don't track! They distract!

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com.

Have a good midweek!

Cold! Allergies! Whyyyyyyy!? March Motion and the basics of sole computer graphics. Made some vids, will post later. New DJI drone... $45,000! Sweet looking thing, plus a portable dock for on-the-go inspections. Should I become a pilot? Or at least learn how to fly? Might be a useful skill in the years ahead. Chinese.... HSK 5 prep continues with writing out the characters and... posting them on YouTube! Haaa you can have a look there! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good day!

Omincron reappears, shutting down schools and businesses once again. Chinese class... taking a break? Mission accomplished me thinks n so now I want to directly focus on HSK5 test prep rather than try to do two separate textbooks at the same time. Can I double down on test prep in time to pass the thing in one go? Chinese taxes done, MUCH SIMPLER than Canadian taxes! March Motion continues with some neat projects in the works! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com! Have a good start of week!

Russian classes - tongue twisters

На дворе - трава,

на траве - дрова.

Не руби дрова

на траве дрова!

Do tongue twisters help with pronunciation? We sure depend on them in class!

Synthesia - AI avatar! Was playing around with that during the day. How can I build, develop and deploy? Are teachers being made redundant or are they being forced to change their skillsets?

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com.

Maybe I'll put an avatar there?

Too much news! Is this like the Trump years in office wherein the media only fixated on one thing?

Stocks keep going up... or at least in the Canadian energy sector. Sanctions on Russia mean up go the Canadian oil stocks.

Sleeping faster - types of sleep patterns = Uberman sleep schedule. Perfect for parents? Two hours of core sleep + specific naps throughout the day. And I made cookies from a package. :) Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com.

Have a good one and try not to read so much news!

Omicron hits, shut downs increase. Plane crash on Monday doesn't look good, first in over a decade. Some things are out of our control so appreciate the small things in life. Be grateful. Despite all of our technology, we are rather fragile. Working on some automation for Android to help me with studying Russian pronunciation in the morning and being sure to do my Chinese characters. Marcg Motion continues with some basic animations. Central heating is off so the pipes and toes are cold! Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com

Real Chinese: every new page is a new disappointmentf

Russian class: Teacher: as a child I wondered how families could endure a war, now I know from experience.

Yes, I continue to study Russian. I suspect there will be more expats aftet this and it's also not a language going away. It does make me wonder how a people can actually defeat an army. Are the Russian people really against this war if their army is trouncing upon the country next to it?

Pics of Kyiv and Kharkiv are rather shocking. Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com. Support Ukrainian businesses if you can!

Plane crash in China... first in over ten years. Sad to hear.

Creative thought: How fast can I do this?

Snow here, snow gone! Vid up on Youtube

Omicron is still here and causing trouble

Pre-recording some episodes or segments?

Comedy night in Beijing

March Motion and Pixelmator - title sequences and animation

Linkedin... worth it?

Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com

Stay safe out there and have a good week.