The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Out and about, met another guy who is working at the Universal Studios lot here in Beijing. Departure will be later this month. // Not much language studies done today as I had cleaners come over. The guy looked rather young, I guess I paid for training. // Cut short cause I gotta walk and dodge traffic! // stevensirski.com

A new month! Coming up to another spin around the sun! // Big news: Vaccinations are NOT required, but highly encouraged. More importantly, when is Universal Studios going to finally open its Beijing location? // Guessing my Chinese reading is at about a Grade 6 or 7 level since I'm able to read some types of comic books. Not that I read them that often. // Might have some busy weekends in Sept, when will I be able to record another PODCAST Episode? Some people are interested on being on. // Playing around with the website as I want to make it easier to navigate! // Hope Wednesday is good to you! // stevensirski.com

ALLERGIES! WHHHYYYYY?! Hay fever in Canada, but where I live in Beijing there is little chance of that! // Made a 3D well in Blender! // Focusing on HSK5 vocab every morning now. Aim to write the test early 2022 so gotta get those characters done. // Low months coming up, not least because I've got some vacay time coming up! // Hope Tuesday is going well for you! // stevensirski.com

Just found out I can make paragraphs when using the anchor.fm website version, but not in the APP version!

End of August, school must be back, kids tryina hustle me to buy some popcorn while I'm on the run! // Deload week! I'm not even sure how to do one. // Looked at some practice HSK 5 test, they don't look as intimidating! // New vid up on YouBoob. // Received good news: nephew baptized. Received bad news: an Uncle passed away. Vichna pam'yat! Memory Eternal! // stevensirski.com

End of the 82 mile / 132km bike ride! Never been done before by me! Dropped a couple of kilos of weight but also ate a few more Starbucks chocolate muffins! //

No Russian class today but will hit the books again tomorrow.

// Might try roasting another batch of coffee again.

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Putting up time lapses of my bike rides. Will post soon! stevensirski.com

THE VIRUS has been tamed AGAIN! people without vaccinations won't be allowed in some places and other 'two code' requirements. What will this mean for the Olympics? And are the vaccines performance enhancing? // Riding bikes, talking health, eating, exercise, age.

Breezers are nice, not sure I'd drink these too often. // Started my three days of cross-city cycling. Two more days to go. // Chinese vocab learning and looking for a way to study spoken Chinese in isolation. // Should Tuesday mornings become Chinese movie time? // Will take a break from Russian this week but I'm still thinking of taking one of the tests later in the year! // stevensirski.com

The Sound of The Knife Sharpener! 磨mo剪jian子zi来lai

锵qiang菜 cai刀dao // Zhongyuanjie this past weekend so lots of burnt offerings meant lots of smoke all over the city. // Roasted coffee beans over the weekend. // Trying to find a suitable Chinese grammar book. // Working on a website upgrade. No deadline on this. // stevensirski.com

Python programming FAIL! How DOES face detection work? // New YouTube videos are up, trying out short form to develop a habit of consistency. // Read Derek Sivers' book Anything You Want. He's the guy who founded CD Baby at the very beginning of the tech boom in the late 1990s. // Back to the books for HSK 5 as I'm now using Memrise to go through the necessary characters for this level. Let's get this done! // stevensirski.com

Looking into the Russian test, TORFL, how much, when, where? // Python learning and actually got something done! Was able to make a program that spit out a usable QR Code! Go ahead and scan it to see where it takes you! All I can day is... thankyou! // Close to the weekend, but every dat is a weekend now that THE VIRUS is raging. Beijing is still kind of in a bubble. // Working on Blender and things are coming together! // stevensirski.com