The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

By Steven SirskiSociety & Culture Places & Travel

The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski episodes

February 22, 2022 SSAB - February 22 2022
Palindrome and ambigram day! 22.02.2022, or how do you write it? Russia declares parts of Ukraine as now part of Russia. Read Sergy Plohii's book Gates of Europe for some background on this. World War 3? I read George Friedman's work on geopolitics for a better understanding. Hope this isn't the end of the freedom we've had to travel wherever for so long. Is it easy to avoid these discussions as a traveller? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one and stay safe out there!
26 min
February 22, 2022 SSAB - February 21 2022
Olympics are over! Canada is fourth in terms of total medals! Eleventh according to gold medals! Paralympics start March 4th. Want to go see Olympic Park to see what's open. Will Russia invade Ukraine (again? still?)? How will that affect future work plans? Still worth doing the DELTA? Interesting they played the Greek national anthem at the end of the ceremony. Monday morning workouts are hard to get motivated for, so... how to change? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com! Have a good week!
23 min
February 18, 2022 SSAB - February 18 2022
What do you do while you're editing a podcast? Make banana bread! Done and done with Episode 28 of my podcast. Featuring writer and comedian Donnie Fan, we talk about life in China, the state of comedy, and what's planned for the future. Now available on my website for download. Took much of the day to fix up some issues but was also able to publish some video clips from the Episode so that is a step forward. Made banana bread while waiting for things to finish up. Had no butter so used apple sauce. Had no flour so used waffle mix. We'll see how this turns out! And let's not forget about that Olympic mascot... he now has an NFT! And did someone make Bing Dwen Dwen imprints for face masks?! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a great weekend!
20 min
February 18, 2022 SSP28 - Donnie Fan
This Episode, recorded on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, sees me sit down with writer and comedian Donnie Fan. A self-described “mixed blood of Chinese descent” hailing from New York, Donnie has found a new home here in Beijing China. Fresh off of the production of his first tragedy, Medea, based on the play by Euripides, Donnie is now focusing his efforts of developing his own hour-long stand up routine which he plans to take across the country. Here we talk about what it’s like to live in Beijing and China, how long we’ve each been here (very similar!), what keeps us here and what Donnie wants to work on going forward. This is a funny one as Donnie has plenty of stories to share about his life here in China! For show notes and downloadable tracks, go to stevensirski.com.
1 hr 52 min
February 17, 2022 SSAB - February 17 2022
What's going on in Canada? Is it true they can just take the money out of your bank account? Iunno, I thought it was a bunch of truckers protesting in the capital like the USAmericans did last year? In other news, TEAM CANADA WOMEN WON GOLD IN HOCKEY! Why is this not being talked about more? That would be because... no one is talking about the Olympics at all. Even here in Beijing. Episode 28 in the final stages of prep, should be out very soon. Will be posting vidz this time too! And what happens when you use an Olympic mascot for your own gain? You get smacked with a charge of IP theft. But they're soooo cuuutttee! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com, have a good one!
19 min
February 16, 2022 SSAB - February 16 2022
Out for dinner with a former colleague who is moving to Hong Kong for a new job. Talked about job transitions, education and what I would have done differently in my 20s! (Ok Old Man!) HSK studied a bit, vocab and text reading. Worked a bit on Episode 28, wait for that later this week. Sometimes we forget, being an expat can be pretty cool if challenging, and we have to make the best of our situations and opportunities. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Happy Wednesday!
22 min
February 15, 2022 SSAB - February 15 2022
Reading and learning, management and other responsibilities. Do you have any books you read that, even after a sentence, it spurs you into action? Those are the inspirational books we need more of. Thinking of the DELTA and how best to approach it, do I even need to do it or could I just read the books? How else can I leverage it? Podcasting, hope you're enjoying. New Episode should be up soon. Hope you're having a good week so far! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com.
25 min
February 14, 2022 SSAB - February 14 2022
Well Happy Valentine's Day! Roses are red, violets are blue, it's cold outside and so are you!
Hahaha
DELTA research, apparently a lot of people have done it, I'm one of the few who hasn't
Tiananmen Square Sunday afternoon, COLD! Police checking passports of foreigners
Today was better with bluer skies
Physio appt, can't proceed till confirmation from another specialist... who works across the city only. Eech
Chinese class - new student but she didn't stay, wants to focus on HSK 5 grammar
Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a great week!
22 min
February 11, 2022 SSAB - February 11 2022
Automation automation automation... for voice, text, video, photo, computer and phone. But how? Looked into using an Android automation program but doesn't look like anything really feasible. Final Cut editing can be done with XML files, but can also use more keyboard shortcuts through the program CommandPost. How to build an online chat bot that could be a value added service for language learners? Olympics still on and we should be getting snow next week! Thanks for listening this week, five for five high five! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good weekend!
26 min
February 10, 2022 SSAB - February 10 2022
Life as an expat, is it that easy? Learning languages to help with culture shock. How do we classify different languages? Working on automation both for now and the future. Why I don't post earlier. Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!
21 min