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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Steven Sirski

The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.

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SSAB - April 28, 2025

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2025/04/28

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 silver. Barrick Gold changing their name: Barrick Mining. Ticker will stay the same in Canada: ABX.John Paulson buying gold… MINES!https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/gold-prices-investing-alaska-mine-john-paulson-6952438a?New video up for the Language Vlog: A trip to the aviation museum!Canadian election! Who will win? Who’s even in the race?Gotta

00:31:15

SSAB - April 18, 2025

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2025/04/19

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, what if…?I think Astrill is dead. BUT, can’t access TikTok through Let’s Go VPN. Going with Lets GO VPN for a few months.Workouts in! Sluggish, but done. Maybe, is it the food that I’m eating? Lots of oil? Lots of rice. Never usually ate like this.105 pull ups210 push ups315 squats1 min on the elliptical2x20kg plate farmers carries7.30km run in

00:32:58

SSAB - March 7, 2025

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2025/03/07

Back in the Shuangjing, but feeling a little bit under the weather. Just knackered from this week. Am coughing a little and the throat doesn’t like these ling days.Managed to get the weighted run done AND 100 pull ups etc, but slow going and only did HALF of the pull ups with the vest on. Is this age, mindset or just a bad day?Had lunch with one of the HR ladies, she spent a year in HK getting a Masters in some high level actuarial degree. Then did d PhD in investment data analysis or something

00:33:16

SSAB - March 6, 2025

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2025/03/06

Throat is definitely stressed.Snatch and grab breakfast! Came back to do laundry.Lu Xun (狂人日记 - “Diary of a worker” but Wikipedia tells me it’s “Diary of a Madman”) - an example of contemporary Chinese writing, had never heard of him before but he’s mentioned in the PPTs-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(Lu_Xun)Apparently I gotta start making my own PPTs! starting in Week 3!Soooo ChatGPT?Writing task today… let’s see:-one copied answer-one gf sent her bf the answer-some

00:31:30

SSAB - March 5, 2025

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2025/03/05

今日惊蛰昆虫苏醒，译得好棒！The insects awaken! Apparently it’s the beginning of insect season.Late night, early morning, could I make it back for breakfast?!!Got some things done this morning: gym, squats, lunges, some chest, 20 min run for about 2.5km… should’ve done more. This is an unsustainable lifestyle.Looking at TikTok ads and Shopify, still looking around to see what’s available.New SLV podcast is out! Getting better at not swallowing during recording OR at least giving myself to do so an not ruin the

00:31:25

SSAB - February 14, 2025

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2025/02/14

情人节快乐！Happy Valentine’s Day! Roses are red, violets are blue, I didn’t buy flowers, how about you? Just give money instead?Ukraine peace deal in the works, will need to cede some land to Russia? Should Ukraine just build its own military up better than it is now?Haven’t done much language studying, and few videos posted to the language vlog because… working on automations and shortcuts, thinking, APP development might be something I’ll be able to do.LOST my AirPods case! Damnit! Get a new one or…

00:33:34

SSAB - February 6, 2025

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2025/02/06

“The door to the American Millionaire’s Club is not locked. Contrary to popular modern belief, it is still quite possible for the successful individual to make his million - and more. There will always be room for the man [or woman] with energy and imagination, the man who can successfully implement new ideas into new products and services.” - JP Getty, pg 24Pros and Cons of China? Let me tell you what I REALLY think! Moving on, moving jobs? The emotions therein. JP Getty “How to Be Rich” -

00:37:32

SSAB - January 24, 2025

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2025/01/25

New podcast idea? China Business podcast?Reading audiobooks? Would you listen? What would you like to hear? Big day, changes on the way… possibly. My apologies for not getting the podcasts out earlier, my browser doesn’t keep the Podcasters for Spotify link open and alive so I have to reset my password every day. Work out in! 7.01km in 1 hr 20 min 41 sec. Slow on the pull ups, push ups and squats. Probably my weakest in a long time. Looking to change up some of the workouts cause I noticed

00:41:33

SSAB - January 23, 2025

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2025/01/24

Last day in Harbin, well worth the trip but… winter should just be a vacation, not a lifestyle! Lol jkjk Morning meeting done n done, Starbucks first, and baozi. Not as cold as yesterday. Off to Snow sculpture festival. This is the one with massive snow carvings that LOOK as if they’ve been manufactured BUT in actual fact, I think they’re done by people. They had teams that each contributed a piece: China, Mongolia, Spain, Ecuador, Russia, Indonesia, etc. No real theme, lots of experimentation

00:32:07

SSAB - January 14, 2025

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2025/01/15

Zuckerberg on Rogan, LOTS of so-called “TikTok Refugees” on XiaoHongShu… will this be a problem for China?New Language Vlog podcast up! Have spent a LOT of time editing videos these days and think I’ve finally got a way to publish more with less work. Emerging markets ready to bounce? India, China, what else? Kathleen Peddicord “How to Buy Real Estate Overseas” was the book and author. DuZhi apparently a propaganda magazine from the US… who knows? Coming up to Spring Festival and I can’t help

00:32:01

SSAB - January 13, 2025

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2025/01/13

Is TikTok banned yet? Big movement to XiaoHongShu, or at least some comments about the platform being better than FB and Insta. Those other platforms won’t be going away any time soon, though, cause they can monetize, XHS doesn’t. Off to the Military Museum - not bad. Lots of big equipment, no cafe or many places to sit down. What did we learn? China got invaded a bunch of times. Spent most of the day editing videos! Morning workout: -25 minutes on the bike -then four rounds of: kettle bell

00:33:31

SSAB - January 10, 2025

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2025/01/10

Trying out the mic with the QuickTime, but the Notes application won’t use the Shure MV7+ as input. How did it all sound yesterday? This new MacBook is rather bass-y.Workout in, but barely! 7.02km in 1 hr 6 min 56 sec. 54 pull ups total, double that for push ups, triple for squats. Felt rough the entire time… like just slow. No deadlifts as I had an idea… to go to Tianjin, but then I realized I had no room on my cameras. Sooo… had to transfer footage. But this does go along the lines of my

00:31:11

SSAB - January 9, 2025

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2025/01/09

Have you stopped writing 2024 yet?Very quiet in Beijing these days. Are schools out already? Working on a cheat sheet for Mandarin, is it okay to teach Mandarin Chinese? New language vlog up: Time for a change? - All about considering a job change… but does that mean a change of country, too? Here’s the difference of jet lag: -in Canada, you fall asleep at 8pm but there’s no more real “business” to be done at that time other than see some people, who could probably meet earlier in the day. -in

00:33:37

SSAB - January 7, 2025

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2025/01/07

Listening back to old tracks, how do they sound? Not bad.Tennis elbow! OW! Full on owie! Wow, Justin Trudeau gone from office! Should Canada merge with the US?! Health check tomorrow, how will it go? New vlog recorded for the SLV, running time of around 25 minutes. Need to get better at this. New laptop helps immensely. Stock market, how you doing? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on

00:32:13

SSAB - January 6, 2025

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2025/01/07

New year, new week! New jet lag! Up early and off to Tiananmen Square… then the camera died. Bald and Bankrupt?! WTF? This guy posts a video every now and then and has MILLIONS of followers on YouTube, and a book on HOW TO make it on YouTube?! Wow. I must be doing something wrong. Managed to get some reading done this morning, 30 minutes of Russian, an hour of Chinese, both DuChinese and Wen Cheng. Yep… did NOT publish an episode this past weekend because… I’ve been falling asleep at 8

00:31:03

SSAB - January 3, 2025

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2025/01/04

Kinda quiet around town, why so early? Might have to re-evaluate the comments I made earlier about the pule being gone. Is it just the holiday season? But where did all the people go so soon? Up at 2.30 in the morning! Two hours later than yesterday. So, am I moving in two hour increments? Chinese Course by Email continues, adding video components to it. I can see that I have to stick with this so I can add it to my Buy Me A Coffee site at the end of the month. Stonk market a fail-oh? Where is

00:30:47

SSAB - January 2, 2025

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2025/01/02

Well, back into it. Yey?Time to change up the workout routines? Travel seems to knock off that cycle count. Launched the Chinese Course by Email… and already see how it can be improved. First iteration, Steve, first iteration. Videos, conversations, stories, lots more can be added. Current status of jet lag: 8 pm zonkertown, 2 am wake up. Made dinner, shut off the element, fell asleep. Have not been drinking very much at all, though I did bring back a bottle of Crown Royal. Spent the day setting up

00:34:01

SSAB - December 24, 2024

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2024/12/25

Ikonostasis - THAT’S the word I was looking for yesterday!Tracking Santa… I did this last year 😂😂 Sviat Vechir - 12 dishes… not sure we did all of them. Pan Am closed at 11.30 am soooo off to Goodlife Fitness for a FREE “trial” introduction. What typically goes on for Ukrainian Christmas? Well, one change is the date of the event from January 7th to December 25th. Food, family, and church services. What is Advent for? And don’t forget to track Santa! Donate to the show! PayPal link

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SSAB - December 23, 2024

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2024/12/24

Christmas Eve eve! New SLV podcast out! Newsletter out too! Main Street, how is it? Everything except pharmacies and church-sponsored buildings were closed along the strip between Selkirk and Jarvis. Higgins used to be a hooker area. Barriers coming down downtown, how much did it cost?!? LOTS! Church, how is it? Booking tickets back, time for a change? Layoffs - does it matter? The companies mentioned in this article (GM, Sotheby’s, etc.) are still in operation. Why would they not automate the

00:40:33

SSAB - December 20, 2024

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2024/12/21

Brother n and fam off to Argentina! Other family arriving and going! Everybody seems to have time off! Not too many shorts posted this week as I’ve been pre-occupied and… it’s difficult to coordinate across time zones. Workout in! Shoulders, rows, deadlifts, accessories, and… excite bike for 15 minutes. Sprint for seconds every minute on the minute. Had to get a Theraband rubber bar cause my elbows weren’t doing so good. Winter solstice tomorrow! Shortest day. Watching Hart to Hart with

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