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The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 18 2022
On vacation! Relaxing!... Except for all the noise! Generators and air conditioners running all the time! Aiya! Hot AF as we are now into the 伏天 fu tian, the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 16 2022
HSK 失败了！ #FAIL Or at least not very good. Didn't freeze or anything but simply was not prepared enough. Areas to work on: reading speed at HSK 5 level which…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 15 2022
Friday night! Night before HSK 5 test! Still not really nervous, more just want it over with! Almost done with the second go through of the textbook, will…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 14 2022
Dual workouts in, mostly cardio. One hour bike in the morning, run and skip in the aft. Gotta get those legs moving if you want skipping to count. Five or…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 13 2022
Joe Ro saying the govt saying alien aircraft could be real sounds fishy while it's navy pilots seeing these craft in airspace reserved for military.... hmmm…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 12 2022
Omicron Variant Sub BA.5.2.??.!! Shanghai shanghai'ed! Ten years from now, what will you have wished you did sooner? Are there still avenues left to explore…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 11 2022
Vaccine mandates... rescinded! Some places? BA.5 IS THE MOST CONTAGIOUS EVER! Than what was before? But at least there is still no mandate and it is optional…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 8 2022
Another ten percussion tracks, this time with Garageband! Have a listen at the end of this episode! Joe Rogan on Lex Friedman's podcast, good talk esp if…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 7 2022
Ten percussion ideas! VACCINE MANDATED... for some placee, but not all, and it's up to the BaoAn, those often grumpy guardsmen. BUT... since I don't really go…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 6 2022
Generator is off! Maybe it had something to do with he humidity over the last few days? Textbook tests are harder than practice tests! 45% for the workbook…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 5 2022
Joke about guns, and another shooting in the States. This time in Chicago, but most people who are from the city wouldn't be surprised. Sad, tragic and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 4 2022
USAmerica Day! Independence, when the great experiment of 'we can do better than you!' created the US of A, or at least the beginnings, and would later set the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - July 1 2022
Happy Canada Day! Though I know it seems to be a bad thing to say these days. Accomplishments? Honestly? I don't know! Canadarm on the space station, James…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 30 2022
The fkg generator is back on! 太麻烦了(o﹏o) HSK 5 prep continues with looking at some collocations. 搭配 dāpèi is the word I was looking for yesterday. They make a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 29 2022
Thunderstorm awakening! Still got the workouts in! Wages for ESL teachers go up... but they have to be in-country. And those who aren't from the Sacred Seven…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 28 2022
Hydrate for the weather! Preparing for HSK and making language study part of the evening ritual. A trip down memory lane across Western China. Next VIRUS-like…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 27 2022
Sunburn! First of the year! Thunderstorms! Drink your water! Humidity will dehydrate you! And why do we feel so tired? Cicadas are out in full force now…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 24 2022
Friday, but who's counting? Work this weekend. Dual workouts done around work and NAT tests. When will this end? Working on pistol squats and one arm pushups…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 23 2022
Rain cooling things down, looks like next week will all be rain. Life must be getting back to normal as construction sounds abound, inside, outside, and all…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 22 2022
Daily workouts, or new habits to take forward? No two a day today, humidity and mindset sapped my strength. Good workout this morn tho. Vids uploaded…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 21 2022
Longest day of the year which means... the year is half over! Stephen King, writing and reading. Word count inspiration or warning? Cycling in Inner Mongolia…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 20 2022
Continues to be a good time for cold beer as the humidity has spiked... you basically sit and sweat all day. Programmed the fans to go on and off at night…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 17 2022
太牛了！Very cow! Means awesome or sarcastically not awesome. Any connection with the word cowabunga? Reading in Chinese! A book about Wu Jun who came up with a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 16 2022
Getting tired of training or just need to change things up? What else would I do with my time, right? More mandatory testing but travel restrictions are being…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 15 2022
Residence permit! That's why we go to the PSB! Not for the work visa! Very active day in that I did get my two workouts in + the bike journey to and from the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 14 2022
Bianlifeng chicken! Don't get to have this very often any more! Michael Jackson's Thriller - full album, what do you think? It's almost 40 ywara old! 7 of the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 13 2022
Busy weekend getting vids up and finally finishing one that took a while. Hail stones and thunderstorms, first this year! Beijing does not grt hail very often…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 10 2022
SLV language check in once again, I should have started this earlier! Michio Kaku on Joe Ro - Types of civilizations YouTube shorts, you ever watch those? Or…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 9 2022
HSK 5 test prep begins! July 16th is the test date! A liiiittttllee bit nervous! New challenge to myself: post a new video everyday until test day. Can it be…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 8 2022
Another animation done! This time with coffee beans! Word has it that a neighbour is being ousted because... the landlord is selling! That, to me, is a sign of…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 7 2022
Seems to be a bit more life out now in the city, I guess people are happy to be out. Passport picked up, now the rest has to be done. And now visa and work…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 6 2022
Beijing is open! Allowed to dine out again and restrictions are being lifted all over the place! Yey! Happy Jubilee Day! The Queen of England has been in…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 3 2022
What is that feeling called when you wake up but can barely move? Not sore, but like your muscles are ultimately relaxed? Sleep intertia? Yea, tough to get out…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 2 2022
Hot n sweaty! Still don't understand the electronic gate passes NAT sites fewered. Two workouts! Trying out the running with weight vest again. Dropped it by…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 1 2022
New month! New life!? Or same ol same ol? Language Vlog: stop being so pseudo academic! Vlog your language! Calling myself out. Getting things done and making…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 31 2022
Beijing AND Shanghai opening up, right on schedule! Does that mean the generator will be on again at that school? The lights were on... Market turnaround?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 30 2022
May You Make Your Movie - spent much of the weekend trying to finish up a few vids and only got through some. Will ppst soon. Got distracted! Old travel vidz!…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 27 2022
Workouts completed and yea, still need to work on hip mobility! Tried an online combat fitness class and, well, yea, had some difficulty. Still a decent…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 26 2022
Finished The God Equation... looks like we need to find out the Theory of Everything so we can skip universes. Can't help but think of the comedy in that. No…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 25 2022
Just when you think the markets are bottoming... they fall further. Check Canadian energy. Beijing case numbers significantly down, compulsory testing today…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 24 2022
First thunderstorm of the year. Curious: if the long-timers are moving with their wives n kids, does that mean the wives are hearing or seeing something that's…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 23 2022
Quiet...if I shut off all of the fans. Other than that, it's warm and getting humid! New episode of Language Vlog is in the works, spent the day editing it…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 20 2022
Do you want to sweat or breathe smog? That's a summer in Beijing. Wu Er Ni! If you haven't sent your gf an wu er ni msg and 5.20, then you still have time…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 19 2022
Chilled soda water tasting pretty good these days as the temperature rises. Possible topic for this week's language vlog: what does it take to become a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 18 2022
Allergies in Beijing - a problem every spring and late autumn for some reason. What to do? Website updated - audio blog and May You Make Your Movie videos up…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 17 2022
Contract renewals, planning one year at a time in advance all the time, Peter Hessler's ousting from China, re-skilling and hope for the future in China…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 16 2022
Not registered for HSK 5 test since all of Chaoyang is still being told to work from home. Since I want to do the paper test, chances are it won't go ahead…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 13 2022
Friday the 13th! And THE VIRUS GETS CLOSER! So... how does a red spot become not red? Seems it's not an easy procedure for all of these closed off places to…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 12 2022
Beijing lockdowns... is that why everybody is buying groceries? Staying put n why. Learning Chinese inch by lonely inch. Building an online presence for what?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 11 2022
Watch your back when swinging kbells! Probably should have done a lighter warm up weight. Depressing science books: despite all your efforts, the Universe will…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 10 2022
Time to buy or time to hide? Trading stocks is not for everyone! Beijing is sloooooowwww and cold. NATs continue Is everyone home working killing my wifi…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 9 2022
Allergies after the rain! Beijing lockdowns continue and so does NATting! Got some more running gear just in time as businesses told to shuttter themselves…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 6, 2022
Tried to get Waimai today cause I didn’t want to cook buuuut after waiting an hour and a half and watching the delivery guy go everywhere but to the restaurant…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 5 2022
Do Chinese people get treated the same as foreigners do in regard to COVID prevention? One article says yes... buuut, the examples it gives are kinda…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 4 2022
May the Forth be with you. Watched more Star Trek esp Voyager but would pref to read books about the universe than watch science fiction. Great marketing gimic…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 3 2022
Is this another disruption to the supply chain and the truckers in the US? The last time that happened was April 2019. Various cases increase (minimally) but…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 2 2022
New month new day new cases! Restaurant closures mean takeaway only so good thing we went out on Friday! May You Make Your Movie has begun so you can follow…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 29 2022
Paid rent too early and the landlord won't return it, did she spend it already or does she do what I do and put it into short term savings? Equation of the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 28 2022
Current virus counts, which one are we on? And why are there closures for this variant? The virtues of homeworking, or am I just in a honeymoon period?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 27 2022
Finished Interior Chinatown. Brings up some good points. JP Getty taking over oil companies (had never been done before him), Elon Musk taking over Twitter…