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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Steven Sirski

The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.

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00:28:17

SSAB - November 5, 2024

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2024/11/06

How many people do you know want to get married? Get paid to get laid in China!The election day is over!… in China! What will tomorrow morning bring??? Stonks up!!! WTF happened?! Tonghuashun 同花顺 was up bigly, why?? No idea. Relaxed day to do video recording. Ten shorts and another walk n talk. Taiwanese Mandarin class done, gotta get a few more done as my class package expires next week! Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes

00:30:21

SSAB - November 4, 2024

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2024/11/04

One day away until it goes on for another week! hahahah US Election tomorrow Getting cold here in the Beijing, but the air is cleared. A lot of Youtube commentators say it’s Mongolian dust, or Western media misrepresentation! I wonder if they can smell what I smell? Or are they living in the safety of the digital world? SLV podcast up and out! Also realized I made a mistake with last week’s Lian Xiang recording as there were a few gaps in the playback. I fixed the SLV version and will get to the

00:32:35

SSAB - November 1, 2024

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2024/11/01

Vance on Rogan! Are the Democrats even trying? But it was very political heavy, not as back and forth conversational as Trump.New video out on the language vlog! All about LiaoZhia ZhiYi! I think it looks pretty good. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUYTO-mB8Ec 10% uppers, how they doing? Thinking… these might be happening because they HAVE to buy. That is, the stonks that are going up by so much each day are being bought according to some agreement, such as a share buyback, corporate

00:32:01

SSAB - October 22, 2024

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2024/10/22

SLV podcast out!Looking to launch some new products on the SLV BMAC site: postcards! And spent some time working on the book. I can see how it’s slowly coming together. Using Apple Pages, then export to PDF? Workouts in! Morning: 33 min on the bike while reading Chinese Afternoon: mace bell and steel clubs swings Had to update Windows! Good thing I missed the early pangs. Al Pacino went broke?! New memoir out.

00:31:55

SSAB - October 21, 2024

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2024/10/21

They washed the windows! Couldn’t remove the screen so I still have to wash two on my own… If this was your last week of work, what would you do? GOLD and SILVER pop again! Ooof! SLV Podcast delayed, but I’m getting better at the production. Spent much of the weekend working on my book for SLV. Workouts in! Start of a new cycle Week 1! Morning: -27 min bike (reading Chinese) -4 rounds of 30 sec battle ropes, 20 kbell swings (two hands, one hand), 4 dips, kbell marching Afternoon: 6.44km run in

00:32:33

SSAB - October 18, 2024

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2024/10/18

Workouts in! Half power. Morning: 35 min bike (reading Chinese) -Light legs workout Afternoon: 5.23km in 54.18 w 6kg weight jacket -4, 6, 8, 10 pull ups for a total of 28 -double for push ups, triple for squats Then some mobility work afterwards. New Chinese classes? WTF?! Why?? eBLCU business and international trade classes, self study, only 800 RMB. Have six months to complete and I’ll get a certificate. Finished 画壁, interesting. Is the takeaway love of one’s country? Fidelity? If you break

00:32:05

SSAB - October 15, 2024

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2024/10/16

Watching another Chinese ghost movie: 画皮Chinese reading done, haven’t yet done writing. Russian done, but no livestream. Visa applied, will I receive? Why don’t I leave China? 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 Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Have a good

00:31:03

SSAB - October 14, 2024

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2024/10/14

AQI over 185 again today, so indoor run at lunch time. Russian AND Chinese done today, though did Russian later because I got out late in the morning. Is this Week 5 or 6? Either way, will take it easy this week, and then start again next week the big workout cycle. Watching movies in Chinese… had to watch again cause I fell asleep. 聂小倩 from 聊斋志异, the 1987 version. About a young student who falls in love with a female ghost. Buddhist monk has to save him. Xigua link in today’s show

00:37:11

SSAB - October 11, 2024

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2024/10/11

Quiet day… outside that is. No generator? Always worries me. Another donation! Got a coffee! We’re rolling in it deep now! Russian done, Chinese done, Chinese writing done! TWO workouts in: Morning: 35 min bike (reading Chinese) Then some warm up sets on the pull down machine and split your leg machine thingy. Then, down to do some bar work finishing with deadlifting 100kg five times, about 220 lbs. Afternoon: 7.00 km run in 1hr 16m 43s Pull ups 2, 10, 10, 20, 20 Push ups 4, 20, 20, 40,

00:32:39

SSAB - October 10, 2024

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2024/10/10

Russian reading and a live stream today! Chinese… NOT done. Said I would do it later and never did. Stocks a dropping, but is it over? Got an idea for a book that might actually work… And the limits of brain switching… 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 Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over

00:35:11

SSAB - October 9, 2024

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2024/10/09

Recording earlier on so I can get other things done in the evening. What about the evening’s festivities?? I can talk about what I plan to get done too… might give me a bit of a deadline, too. No workout this morning, got up on time but spent some time reading and reflecting on things as they stand now: what prompts change: internal or external? What is the natural progression of a business? Make money first? Or initial investment? What and when is the initial investment? For example, do I pitch

00:33:25

SSAB - October 8, 2024

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2024/10/08

GOLD again? Buying that is through the Bank APP. Stonks a poppin, when will it end? No gym workout, but languages done! No Russian livestream, should I make these into webinars? LIVE photos on WeChat… thoughts? Looking at products or books to make, ideas? Transcripts? Hardcover books? What else are you going to dream of? Big podcast background scenery, from Pinduoduo? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on

00:33:23

SSAB - October 7, 2024

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2024/10/07

Back at it! Not really. Was still quiet on the compound as most people didn’t have to work. TWO WORKOUTS in! Is this Week 4 or 5? I can’t remember. Morning: Bike - 35 min (with Chinese) 4 rounds of -kettle bell carries (16kg) -battle ropes (30 seconds) -ball slams (6kg) -dips x4 Afternoon: 6.44km in 42.33 4 rounds of -40 double unders (new jump rope!) -10 bench jumps -5 one arm push ups each side -pistol squats New language vlog podcast out! Newsletter too! More long form videos in the

00:39:11

SSAB - October 4, 2024

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2024/10/04

Over 900 episodes! Is this a public service?+SSP 48 episodes +SLV 617 videos Apparently I produce a lot of content. Workout in! Only one. 7.02 in 1 hr 4 min 47 s Pull ups: 4, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 Pushups Squats Lunges Etc Met a guy from Seattle on the compound, was out for a run and he was locked out of his apartment. Visiting China on vacation, I asked why?? His gf is from Shanghai. Got talking about life in China, life in the US, etc. He suggested we could have recorded our conversation! I was

00:40:27

SSAB - October 3, 2024

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2024/10/04

Getting cold outside! Reading Russian in the morning, is this a good idea? No livestream today. Chinese for an hour at Starbucks, practicing writing! Worked on the podcast but found some problems! May have to change my approach to recording. Reading some more, can I actually get through a book before the end of the break? Port workers strike in the US! How will this ripple through? They are against automation… I don’t see them winning that argument. There’s no place for it. They’ll get their

00:38:05

SSAB - October 2, 2024

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2024/10/02

Leisurely day!Reading books! Like a physical real book! Walden, King of Wrath and The Love Hypothesis -Feels nice to read an actual book! Russian books too! Realizing… what do I actually want to do with Russian? No livestream as I didn’t want to fight the connection. Newspapers too! Two workouts in and a nap! Maybe not a good idea to workout so much! Morning workout in! -35 min bike (reading Chinese) -5 rounds of bench press: 2x15kg plates x 5 -2 rounds of squats: 2x15+10kg plates x 4 -2 rounds

00:34:31

SSAB - October 1, 2024

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2024/10/01

Read a book! Like a physical real book! Walden, King of Wrath and The Innocent …? New language vlog podcast published! May still have to up that hosting plan. No major parade or ceremony this morning, but I did try to do a live stream at around noon, only to see it get cut off. 75 years, what about 29 months? Looking at my previous gainful and not so gainful times of money and employment and noticed it seems to cycle every two and a half years. What’s your pattern or cycle? Donate to the show

00:27:23

SSAB - September 30, 2024

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2024/09/30

End of the month! … waiting to upload the latest episode of the language vlog podcast because my data doesn’t reset until Oct 1st! Chinese markets a popping! Should’ve bought more! And then, of course, issues accessing the platform. How will overseas markets react while China is closed? Bank of China ATM works! No problem! National Day break this week, any plans? Me? I gotta catch up on some projects already. Anything on TV? Two workouts in to start the week! Morning: 33 min on the bike

00:31:07

SSAB - September 27, 2024

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2024/09/28

End of the week and nearing the end of the month! Today’s workouts: Morning: -33 minutes cycling while reading Chinese -10 min Jacob’s Ladder Afternoon: -5.12km in 53m 54s -four rounds: 2, 3, 4, 5 + 5 pull ups; 4, 6, 8, 10 + 10 push ups; 6, 9, 12, 15 + 15 squats -plus another round of 2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 squats Canadian OIL stocks getting crushed again! Good! Cheaper to buy! Chinese markets still a rallying! Out for the evening to see thruoutin, expat electric pipa player here in the

00:30:43

SSAB - September 26, 2024

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2024/09/27

If not gold, then CHINA! YINN (3x ETF) is a popping off! JD, BABA, even NIO is a moving! Chinese GOLD n SILVER still moving! Economic slump? Run those drills! Lunchtime livestream, all about working around the world. Paid and so now can get into the gym again! Turns out the issue I had in paying was a system bug, not anything to do with my lack of money. BUT… couldn’t withdraw money from the ATM. Tried contacting customer service and… lots of numbers to choose from. New long form vid in the

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