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The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 20, 2025
Tomorrow’s the solstice! Shortest day of the year and I’ll be in… Melbourne? Run in and done! 8.73km in 59.48. Took some convincing to get out but had to get…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 19, 2025
Martin Place, not MacQuarie Place! That’s what I was trying to think of yesterday. Up early cause… another guy was leaving. And he came in late, too. The life…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 18, 2025
Walk around the city, what did we see? Australian Stock Exchange? ALL DIGITAL! Talk with the only “business man” in the district: was at a sandwich shop across…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 17, 2025
Hello Sydney! How was the flight? Mostly uneventful, except for one guy sneezing during the evening which woke me up from my sit up slumber. How’s the city?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 16, 2025
From Shanghai Pudong! Happy Father’s Day! Guess I forgot to wish this on Friday. Off to Australia! AND TWENTY DOLLARS FOR A VISA?!? WTF did THIS happen? Are we…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 13, 2025
It’s Friday the 13th! Chinese classes over! First livestream done in a long time. Workouts in: 7.06 km in 47.19, then afternoon run n pull ups x five rounds of…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 12, 2025
Getting hot and humid! But still nice enough. Hard to walk through the sunny parts of the street. Catching up on some of the backlog (prepping podcast clips…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 11, 2025
Visa and permit secured! Gotta to check into the police station. Wonder what they will say. Workout in, a bit slow on the run, but some fun with the slam ball…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 10, 2025
That’s why I don’t record earlier… I get busy doing other stuff. What if I recorded BEFORE dinner? About that company, costs, and animation, what’s going on?…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 9, 2025
What a day! What a weekend! Back in Shuangjing, out of Changping! Setting up, to move on out! Learning new things (animation), re-learning old things…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 6, 2025
All over! Grades are in and done! Is this what it feels like? How do you leave campus? Just walk out or? Workout in! 105 pull ups + push ups, + squats + lunges…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 5, 2025
Nearing the end! What was it like for the other teachers? TIRED! One more class to go! (Tomorrow morning.) How ceremonious should it all be? SLV Podcast out!…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 4, 2025
Going to miss this air conditioning! Going to be a heat wave tomorrow. Workouts in! 7.02km in 45.27, nice and slow today. Then inside for weights, upper and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 3, 2025
Nineteen more days until the summer solstice, nineteen more days until the days start getting shorter. Too early? Three more days! Apparently I have to have…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - June 2, 2025
It’s Dragon Boat Weekend! Back into Changping for the last time! Why do we even have classes this week?! Summer plans? A resurgence of COVID? Smokers didn’t…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 30, 2025
End of the month already and five months gone of the year. Insane. Most grading done, a few more changes to make. Visa renewal in process! Got a few videos…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 29, 2025
And it’s over! Classes are over! Some students were asking about a writing test next week… I know nothing about it. Trump Tariffs on pause, is that why Chinese…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 28, 2025
Classes nearing the end! Some interesting class presentations: -tea (white hair silver needles) -how to make your own LLM And glad to see one class is as…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 27, 2025
Essays done, final exam done! Turns out the other teachers are leaving! Am I missing something?? Workout in! 5 km in the noontime in 34.28, then a 20-minute…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 26, 2025
Beginning of the week, and end of the semester. Speaking presentations begin! What is vibe coding and why does anyone care? Projects piling up, how to sort…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 23, 2025
End of classes! Now on to exams! Finally time to pause and think. Kinda. If Google Meet is taking out language teachers, then automation is the way to go. It’s…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 22, 2025
Google live translate! https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/google-meet-ai-translation-6a30c43a?mod=itp_wsj,djemITP_h Sheeeit! They found me! Or at least a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 21, 2025
Long day! Is COVID back? Workout in! 7.00km in 41.18. Did the last three kms in under five minutes caused I got passed by another runner. Not gonna let that…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 20, 2025
520! Send your kisses! Some students were sure dolled up. Lots of former students got married this past weekend. Essay breakdown! OMG! Where did they learn…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 19, 2025
Getting hot out there! Getting hard to walk across open streets. Winnipeg Jets are out! In overtime! Sad. ;( Mark Scheifele’s father passed away before the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 16, 2025
End of the week! Time to work! Can’t wait for the semester to be over. Power Automate - looks like Zapier but SLOW AF! Aaaand… why am I learning this? Workouts…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 15, 2025
Some articles on Warren Buffett https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/read-the-wsjs-early-coverage-of-warren-buffett-01b09b9c? What’s inside Berkshire Hathaway…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 14, 2025
Apple and Synchron - Would you connect to your device? What holds this back? What if a country such as China takes the lead in this type of technology? What if…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 13, 2025
Peace in Ukraine? Could it be? Neighbour moving home, why? One of the other teachers? LEAVING! One semester is enough! And if she’s leaving after one semester…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 12, 2025
Hey Happy Mother’s Day! Steve, did you forget? Only on Friday. Back to class, should I continue? What did I say?? What will I do this summer? Essay reading…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 9, 2025
End of week! Kinda! Make up class tomorrow. Touched a student today! She learned how to make a paper koala in class. New Pope! Pope Leo XIV! USAmerican. Did…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 8, 2025
Smells like rain. It is! First thunderstorm! How is the throat? Better. Hamstrings are still a hurtin. Make up class today so began at 8am. Can’t say this is a…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 7, 2025
Owie! Legs are a hurting! Run done, 7.26km in 50.10. Went right to the weight room after for a workout and hit the legs. I would stiffen up during the day…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 6, 2025
Buffet stepping down! TikTok rebrands to Lemon-8?! Or just creating a new AP?! YouTube is 20! Can you remember when it started? And HOW it started? How is…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 5, 2025
May the fifth be with you! Calves are a hurtin’! Why? Walking walking walking. Fatigued, tired, and a bit worn out. It’s been a year. Workouts in! 7.00km in…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 2, 2025
End of week and things are looking up! Where would you digital visa yourself? Workouts in! 7.00 km this morning in 53minutes, though I think the clouds…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - May 1, 2025
It’s the weekend! Five days off and we’re heading into the home stretch. 劳动节快乐！ Meeting with the admin today, do I want to continue? Not really. I tell her I…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 30, 2025
End of the month, let the break begin! Looking forward to the break.Taxes done, the people’s are due today, self-employed on June 15th. Payment still due…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 29, 2025
Exam done! That looks like a lot of writing to be read. How long am I supposed to spend on each? Passport gotten! June 15th is expiry day! UH OH! Where else…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 28, 2025
Almost the end of the month! Already! Dessert party on the weekend, how was it? People are leaving, others are staying. Who and why? GOLD a falling, so is…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 25, 2025
End of week! Sunday classes? Moved. Online for the make up class. Students were happy.Spent the day typing out Russian declensions, all to be put into…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 24, 2025
A full day and yet what do you get done? The problem with working from home on your own…Early morning run, only 4km, but if I go, then I never end up doing my…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 23, 2025
And KERPLUNK goes GOLD! Canadian BANKS a popping! Chinese stonks a turning?New SLV episode up! Episode 37! Available on all fine podcasting networks, near and…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 22, 2025
Breakfast pass denied! Or at least they told me to stop taking food. BOOO!GOLD UP, stocks mixed, COT… going down?!Had much of the day to myself today, very…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 21, 2025
Happy Easter! Done for another year.Exam tomorrow so no classes! Same with next week! But then I gotta mark.Lab leak theory published on US Govt websites…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 18, 2025
It’s Holy Thursday, not Good Thursday. And today it’s Good Friday. Easter weekend. Markets closed. Not Greece, if not China, and Canada at some point, but…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 17, 2025
Is it the heat and the change of weather that’s wearing me out? Taking afternoon naps again… first in a long time.Visa submitted! Now we wait! Pick up April…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 16, 2025
Run done but workout tampered… still feeling laggy. BARELY got to the gym, but that’s also because I was thinking of continuing to work on the language…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 15, 2025
Should’ve recorded this earlier, but… had to lie down. Feeling rather tired. So had a a bit of a lay down after work.Is the Chinese market bottoming? Seems…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 14, 2025
Monday begins and back in the Changping! Full week this time?Workouts in! Morning run - 7km in 47min, then stretching, then mace bells and steel clubs.New…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 11, 2025
The wind! The wind! Where is that wind? 大风day yet… is it all that bad? Workouts in, two parts: -60 pull ups push ups n squats, holding 5kg plates or weights…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 10, 2025
Rally! Then a fall! This is a traders’ market for sure! A pause on tariffs! Ninety days of relief puts us into July: another bad time for the market. China…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 9, 2025
Oh the visa registration… all through WeChat or use the browser? Markets still pulling back. Remember Benny Lewis, Fluent in 3 Months guy? Heard a podcast with…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 8, 2025
Anyone else notice the VPNs get troublesome around 9.30pm? Futures bouncing! Good time to trade? Or time to get out? SLV podcast recorded, let the editing…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 7, 2025
Market route continues, when will it end? Chinese stocks also slammed. When to sell? -drop through the 10-day moving average, 2% with substantial volume…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 4, 2025
iShowSpeed goes to Hong Kong… interesting camera angles. Interview done! Look for it on the vlog soon. Back in Shuangjing, windy and a sandstorm? Workout in!…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 3, 2025
Let the weekend begin! Welp, no double bottom just yet as MARKETS SLAMMED! AAPL drops by $20, OIL crushed, US markets DOWN, CAD UP. Dollarama UP with a PERFECT…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 2, 2025
What did Google do? ANOTHER AI model? NotebookLM, let’s have a listen. Run done in the morning SLV Podcast Episode 34 is up and out! Last couple of 9pm finish…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - April 1, 2025
Beginning of April! Liberation Day tomorrow, or is it a delayed prank? GOLD still popping! But energy lagging, something has got to give. Double bottom on the…
The Audio Blog of Steven SirskiSSAB - March 31, 2025
End of the month and a shortened week! Getting tired of all this running around. Who is iShowSpeed (Darren Jason Watkins Jr.) and why is he here? 陽光彩虹小白馬 Scott…