The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

May the Fourth be with you! Great marketing

Start of the work week?

We got rain!

Chinese class... how are your teeth?

Ukrainian class... lots of language spoken!

Taras Shevchenko reading

MYMYM2023 trying some things out.

Show notes tracks n vids all up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one.

Dead bodies under the bed

Travel restrictions (all a part of the gamble of leaving the country!)

MYMYM2023 - Instagram n YouTube updated.

USD/GOLD inversion... just seems obvious, which means watch this trade unfold over the next six months. If gold breaks through to the upside, it will no doubt be met with a sharp reversal. The USD is just too oversold. All that being said, there are a lot of factors lining up that would make gold higher, which also tells me that's it's just to obvious to happen.

Six common birds:

-Eurasian Tree Sparrow

-Crows

-Oriental Magpie

-Azure-winged Magpie

-Light-vented Bulbul

-Hoopoe (the really neat looking one)

Show notes n tracks n vids up stevensirski.com

Happy Humping Day!

Eight hours for yourself, or eight hours for someone else?

Labour Day... but people are back to work?

Markets open Thursday

Sun Tzu class

Ukrainian class... no go

iTalki offers language proficiency tests? Uses Emmersion, a company that specializes in AI-language testing. Thinking of applying for a quote.

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Have a good one!

Labour Day is no day off! Newsletter out!

Chinese taxes done!

Twitter subscriptions? What would you pay for?

May You Make Your Movie kicks off! New vids (complete with a behind the scenes look) are up on YouTube.

Merch and such, worth it? Why would you buy? Unless it's tour concert shirts

How was Ukrainian lesson?

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Have a good start of week!

A little reading for you... Taras Shevchenko's My Thoughts.

Why?

Reading up on some of those Ukrainian classics. Taras Shevchenko is the national bard, or poet.

Workouts in! New shoes feeling good. Four miles (6.5kms), 200 double unders, 50 or so box jumps, then 100 pull ups, 200 push ups and 300 squats during the afternoon. Didn't get to wash my hair till after the evening workout!

Long weekend for those who have it...

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Have a good long weekend!

New shoes! Finally! Saucony! Asics!

Looking for compression stockings.

Prepping for May You May Your Movie, last big creative push for a while.

Chinese class at lunch, why are Chinese women so 疯狂？

Show notes up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

New DJI drone! How often do I fly the other one?

Chinese lesson, done!

Ukrainian lesson... a lot more Ukrainian than I thought possible

So where does this all lead?

Getting to the end of April already... time is flying!

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Have a good one!

Tongue twisters for Chinese? You've probably heard of some of them.

四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十，四十四隻石獅子是死是活？ (sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí, sìshísì zhī shí shīzi shì sǐ shì huó?)

刘德华唱了一首歌，留的话却没了哇。 (Liú Déhuá chàng le yī shǒu gē, liú de huà què méi le wā.)

Chinese teacher from Ha Sa Ka Se Tan, started Chinese when I did... and now she's teaching me!

Out all day

March Motion up

Lots going on, just gotte keep going on.

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Have a good one!

Former Soviet states aren't countries? Sooo... what about those guys bombing Ukraine? They're Soviet.

Chinese ambassador to France (who speaks convincing French) Lu Shaye getting into trouble.

Been a while since I talked about it but the socials are pushing it forward aaaand... Ukrainian teacher keeps sending me these articles to read. I guess it's a good idea to learn the modern pronunciation and terminology.

Keep in mind, if this is a rejuvenation, then China is looking North, too. Aiyamaya.

Reading The Storm Before the Calm, by George Friedman. I want to learn a bit more about how this next decade will shape up and where to put my efforts.

Scheduled for classes throughout May! Let's see how this goes!

Show notes up on stevensirski.com

Have a good start of week!

End of week! So what? Haaaa

ChatGTP for content creation: ie, language learning materials! Summaries! Other!

Good weather so far in Beijing... other than sandstorms and some pollution from time to time.

Workouts in:

3 miles at lunch (I'm slowing down)

300 double unders

65 bench jumps

Then:

105 pull ups

210 push ups

330 squats

throughout the afternoon.

After work pump: slow n steady weights.

Also cheaper to fly through Europe back into China! But is it cheaper if I spend more on the lay over?

Reading Haruki Murakami's The Novelist as a Vocation. Interesting so far. Still making my way through the papers!

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good weekend!