The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Ten ideas! I owe you four more!

For places to visit…

For things to get rid of…

Website updated, finally!

Met Connie, the elderly lady down the street, and talked for a bit

Starbucks offers refills?!

Niko’s for dinner, The Grove for pre dinner pints. Gyros with fries on top(?) and baklava for dessert! Proper good.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Current project with my language vlog: posting Chinese vids of the home town

Have been asking people what their biggest problems are with learning a language, common are vocab, grammar, finding someone to speak with, and one person said motivation. Whoever puts a face on ChatGPT first will win the next round of language learning.

11.02km run in the morning, 1 hr 11 min, first time doing that. Calves started cramping at the 9k mark and haven’t really let up. 

Added a bunch of double unders and push ups. Afternoon workout included a slow workout/stretch with the 20lbs ball I got last week.

Perogies and kubasa for dinner! Church specialty. 

Where are all the inspirational drum tracks?! Got a deck best for you + the sound of an airplane overhead. 

Show notes n tracks hopefully on my site stevensirski.com

Stay safe out there!

What’s Winnipeg like?

Cool in the morning 

Sanfu in China - Izzz hot!

Toad in the Hole! Wow has this place changed!

Winnipeg! WTF is going on?!?!

Got ID’d at the LC cuz it’s mandatory?

Show notes n tracks hopefully on my site stevensirski.com

Stay safe out there!

Sound clip in the morning: Winnipeg.

Lucky and Chatr, mobile sims have finally gotten easier in Canada!

Homemade chilli! First in a long time.

May have to make a return trip later this year.

What else has changed? Some houses seem to be missing.

Non-residents can open bank accounts and get credit cards… and cash advances! Woah!

Sorry about those newsletters! Time has flown as I’ve basically gone across half the country!

And a short interview with Reed who works here in Winnipeg. He didn’t want to name the company but he said he had been to China before so I asked him for a few words. Listen up after today’s show for the interview!

Hope you’re well.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Made it! WINNIPEG! FOUR YEARS!

Burgers anyone? Chinese people often say hamburgers are Western food and that it is fast food. Welp, I’ve had one basically every single day. Gotta get moving again!

Canadian Tire for a slam ball, skipping rope and some other equipment to start cleaning things out.

What’s changed Winnipeg?

The ZOo has been knocked down and is now being turned into an apartment complex and condos, same with the former Dairy Maid down the street. Some new buildings but most of the streets are the same. Vimy Ridge Memorial, also new.

How does it feel? Kinda normal, but I still can’t help but think every thing is the last time, ie, enjoy it now. 

Smells better than Beijing, much cooler, more mosquitoes, blue skies but a tinge of grey, could there be a reason to move back?

Sound clips for you: Regina in the morning.

Show notes n clips up on stevensirski.com

Have a great weekend!

Almost to Winnipeg!

Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan - houses on the right, businesses on the left

Sound clips: Downtown Edmonton at the beginning, Heritage Trails at the end

Correction about yesterday’s episode: it’s life insurance that pays for your iWatch

Regina tonight and what does the middle of Canada look like? It gets pretty flat. Big farms.

How is your travelling so far?

Bourbon tasting:

1. Garrison Brothers

2. Red Handed - blended bourbon whiskey

3. Uncle Nearest

4. Jack Daniel’s

5. Jefferson’s Ocean Aged at Sea

6. Angel’s Envy

7. Larceny

8. Four Roses Single Barrel

9. Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve

10. Bulleit Bourbon Cask Strength a) straight b) one drop water c) three drops total water

To be tried

Pappy van Winkle

A.H. Hirsch Reserve

Show notes n clips up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Sitting in a hotel room just outside of Edmonton 

A nervous feeling throughout, as if this is the one and only

Four years out, and this is it. To see everybody once again and pick up where we left off. 

Stayed away from the drink quite a bit, wanted to see if I could ‘hack’ jet lag. I think I’ve done a good job. Zinc before bed, just one tablet.

Why haven’t I been using fish oil? Wouldn’t that help with brain fog?

Been taking naps during the day.

Things have kinda gone without a hitch, so it’s been good. A pleasant reintroduction to Canada.

May hang around Edmonton for a few days and see how the city is.

It’s nice to have some money for hotels.

Modern technology, from cell phones to Air Drop to airplanes to the diversity of jobs around the world, amazing.

On getting old(er), life, and what matters.

Remember my hesitation to go? Having settled in, it’s been alright, but I did need to get past thinking about it and let it go. 

But how far away do you live and how long do you go back for? What would bring you back?

Show notes n tracks up on the website stevensirski.com

Have a good week and Happy Canada Day and Independence Day!