The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski – Details, episodes & analysis

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, getting into the groove. Using a new APP: GoodNotes 6. Much better than default MarkUp APP.

This just in, BREAKING! Trade war truce! Is that a surprise?! Stonks sore, GOLD drops!

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00:00 Introduction and Mother's Day Wishes00:26 Reflections on Aging and Time07:23 Teaching Challenges and Email Dilemmas18:46 Summer Plans and Creative Projects28:16 Trade War Truce and Market Insights31:59 Conclusion and Farewell

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 Trump call it? Will this Pope be at odds with the Chinese cardinals?!

Workout in! 7.02km in 47.34, then down to the gym for 105 or 110 pull ups, 210 push ups, 315 squats all with 5kg weights. Took over an hour to do.

Throat is doing okay, but still some coughing.

Applied for a position in Canada, we’ll see how this goes. Do I even want to go?

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00:00 Introduction and Class Overview

00:59 Student Absences and WeChat Policies

02:39 Makeup Class and Koala Presentation

07:34 Challenges of Teaching and Student Behaviour

15:26 New Pope and Global Implications

19:06 Personal Fitness Routine

23:55 Reflections on Career and Future Plans

30:03 Conclusion and Farewell

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 go get my passport!

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Hope you have a great start of week!

00:00 Introduction and Quick Updates

00:45 Podcast Production Workflow

02:37 Challenges with Transcription Tools

06:49 New Video and Dessert Party

12:34 Reflections on Career and Job Market

26:24 Investing in Gold and Financial Talk

33:26 Canadian Election and Final Thoughts

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 Mumsy! And what has changed in Winnipeg? Jets, Bombers, Osborne Village, condos and houses. 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 December Drumming 2024 over here: https://skrskimuzik.bandcamp.com/album/december-drumming-2024 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com (soon to be AI generated!) Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Have a good weekend! 00:00 Introduction and Personal Updates 00:50 YouTube Partner Program and Tax Dilemmas 02:03 Business Setup and Tax Jurisdiction 05:28 Career Reflections and Future Plans 17:45 Workout Routine and Fitness Tips 24:02 Winter Solstice and Nostalgia 28:36 Changes in Winnipeg 39:39 Conclusion and Sign-Off

A free medical check up means this morning was spent navigating a Chinese hospital in broken English and Chinese! I can't remember how complete checkups are done in Canada, all in one place or all over the place? This hospital was very organized and had very little useless chatter. // Itse Friday, probably your end of week but I work tomorrow. Not too much going on these days! // Have a great weekend! // stevensirski.com

Out and about, met another guy who is working at the Universal Studios lot here in Beijing. Departure will be later this month. // Not much language studies done today as I had cleaners come over. The guy looked rather young, I guess I paid for training. // Cut short cause I gotta walk and dodge traffic! // stevensirski.com

A new month! Coming up to another spin around the sun! // Big news: Vaccinations are NOT required, but highly encouraged. More importantly, when is Universal Studios going to finally open its Beijing location? // Guessing my Chinese reading is at about a Grade 6 or 7 level since I'm able to read some types of comic books. Not that I read them that often. // Might have some busy weekends in Sept, when will I be able to record another PODCAST Episode? Some people are interested on being on. // Playing around with the website as I want to make it easier to navigate! // Hope Wednesday is good to you! // stevensirski.com

ALLERGIES! WHHHYYYYY?! Hay fever in Canada, but where I live in Beijing there is little chance of that! // Made a 3D well in Blender! // Focusing on HSK5 vocab every morning now. Aim to write the test early 2022 so gotta get those characters done. // Low months coming up, not least because I've got some vacay time coming up! // Hope Tuesday is going well for you! // stevensirski.com Just found out I can make paragraphs when using the anchor.fm website version, but not in the APP version!

End of August, school must be back, kids tryina hustle me to buy some popcorn while I'm on the run! // Deload week! I'm not even sure how to do one. // Looked at some practice HSK 5 test, they don't look as intimidating! // New vid up on YouBoob. // Received good news: nephew baptized. Received bad news: an Uncle passed away. Vichna pam'yat! Memory Eternal! // stevensirski.com

End of the 82 mile / 132km bike ride! Never been done before by me! Dropped a couple of kilos of weight but also ate a few more Starbucks chocolate muffins! // No Russian class today but will hit the books again tomorrow. // Might try roasting another batch of coffee again. // Putting up time lapses of my bike rides. Will post soon! stevensirski.com