The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Recorded the last little bit of Episode 42, final mix and export. Should be good for tomorrow.

Smog is clearing, wind is up.

Ukrainian class, how was it? Rough.

Did look at some tech and decided to go on the cheaper end of things. Synodi and Nektar LX25 Mini. Why not Maschine+? Or Akai MPC+?

Tooth is hurting… I hope this is just a change in the seasons!

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

New month! here we go!

Is the beard gone?! Nope. Kinda haven’t even been thinking about that. But is it men’s health awareness month.

Creative season starts..

NaNoWriMo - writing a book in a month, or trying to anyway. Will write it on… Twitter? Or Substack?

Considering upgrading some tech, Maschine+, Akai MPC, or just use the iPad? Some things to think about.

Episode 42 basically done… now who’s next?

Workouts in

5.5km in 42min 6.30 min pace

Medicine ball workout 2.5 sets of 8 rounds

After work kettle bells

Guest post interview! Ben Dawson, long time listener, went on vacation recently and convinced his tour guide, Rosey, to give a little bit of an interview, daily audio blog style: record and ask questions! She answers a few questions about how she got into being a tour guide, a bit of family history and what people can expect when they visit. The interview follows today’s episode and you can find Rosey on TikTok at rosey18.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good November!

12-hour work days continue!

Smog still here, leaves are nice and the ginko trees stink!

They’re washing windows on the compound while the delivery guys get their bikes locked up for riding around the compound. 

New key lock installed but not functioning just yet.

Short story after tonight’s episode. Dagon, by HP Lovecraft.

Thinking ahead, just how much can you actually plan?

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good Halloween!

Very not busy weekend! How enjoyable!

Episode 42, third of the way through which means it won’t get released till later this week.

Some burger fest was going on, Halloween parties, and… smog. Lots of smog!

Workouts in!

6.5km (I think) at lunch + steel club, rope work, jumps, pushups and pistol squat negatives.

After work: slow kbells, mace and club

Newsletter out! All about how not to expat.

Weight differences = not much, green coffee ain’t doing that much

This week will be a good one for the podcast(s): Halloween, a guest interview, and the big podcast. Will be busy!

Gold moving 

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good start of week!

Halloween weekend… snow in Canada already!

How I tried to get the podcast done… and it just couldn’t. It sounds better as a result, but it is taking longer than I’d like.

PSB visit: how was it? New way to apply: go to Beijing Fortune Centre (one of the big tall buildings), if you don’t have photos already taken then head over to the photo shop beside the bank on the main floor, 30 RMB, then up to the 3rd floor. Hope you brought your reservation number, if not, they do have a system there you can use. One of the guys spoke English, the others mostly used Chinese.

Ran home cause didn’t want to spend the 1.50 RMB nor take the 40 min walk. Avoided going to Jing-A!

Workouts in!

-A bunch of running at noon with weight vest

-60 weighted pull ups, push ups, squats

After work:

-Slow kettlebells, focusing more on legs

Aaaaand payday… the debate of to order in or just make it on my own.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good weekend!

Feeling better? How long will it last?

Halloween upon us, what to do? Do you do anything? Is this date even needed?

Residence permit renewal, tomorrow is the day. Gotta prep documents. Fyi, I couldn’t print from Wechat so I had to export the webpage to Safari AND THEN export that to the desktop to print properly. Another reason I hate iOS.

After work run, just gotta move! What’s worse on the off day, another run or a beer?

Getting cold in the ‘Jing!

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

How’s the weight going? Is the coffee extract working?

Stuffed up for some reason, is it allergies or sickness? 

Working on Episode 42, got the project set up again.

Workouts in!

5.5km run

Medicine ball x 45 sec, 15 sec rest

Plyometrics (jumping around) x45 sec, 15 sec rest

x2.5 rounds

After work kettle bells and hangs

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Are you shopping this year? Double 11? Christmas? Black Friday (can we still say that?)

TikTok Shop… any good? It’s all the rage here in China. Douyin, Kuaishou, Taobao, Jingdong, all the major platforms are selling through TV. Not as set up as old-school infomercials but just as hard-selling.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-tiktok-online-shopping-rivals

Sounds from the S’pore… never did post any! Botanical Gardens, careful, high pitch!

Working on Episode 42

Who for Episode 43? Podcasting isn’t difficult, it’s the commitment that is.

New cameras… not just my compound apparently.

Make a chocolate cake, eat a chocolate cake.

Running home from Liangmaqiao, this used to be hard, lots easier now.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Is that smog or just another fragrance in the air? Could that be the reason behind the sickness this weekend?

Workouts in! 6.5 km with a 6.13 pace

Watching The Godfather, and why was it Tessio? And was it Carlo, or his other girlfriend? Tom Hagen eventually gets drowned, apparently doesn’t appear in Godfather 3.

Get ready for Double 11!

Newsletter out! All about my trip to Singapore. What is the difference between writing and speaking? Ie, blogging and podcasting?

Yo-Yo Chinese - she left China! Focusing on using English in the US, whereas I’m looking to improve my Chinese and looking to use Chinese social media outlets!

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good week!

Over 650 episodes done! Or somewhere around there.

Down to 80.7! Green coffee might have an effect!

More people coming in, other people leaving, considering things to come over the next few years. How often should you change you job?

Workouts in!

Lunchtime:

1.6 km run (weighted 6 kg vest)

64 pull pus

128 push ups

192 squats (I hate doing this type of math)

another 1.6 km run

THEN:

-inside for another 40 pull ups, 80 push ups, 120 squats

After work: slow kbell lifts

Just how long do you work out for?

How are the supplements working? Do I feel smarter? So far? No.

There’s one more I need to try, the Plasmalogen from Japanese scallops… could it be any other kind?

Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good weekend!