SSAB – November 1, 2022
New month
Hang Seng Index falls… been going down for a while, but did we just see a bottom? So-called window dressing days are the last three days of the month + first two of the next. Big movement on the Shenzhen market
New HSK 7-9 test starts in November. Skip HSK 5 and go for higher?
How much content do we need? Produce produce produce, but who’s watching? How much do you watch? How much do you listen to?
Speaking of which… NaNoWriMo begins! What will you write? Did my writing at lunch time.
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Have a good month!
SSAB – November 2, 2022
Sorry about the late upload but was having device connection issues. May have to look into alternates now as this has gotten bad. Workout modification: triphaisic training. Shift the harder days to Friday so your body can recover over the weekend to be ready for Monday’s workout. Will take the computer in for repair tomorrow as the new battery is in. Wrote another chapter for The Art of Learning a Language. Going quick and this will need revision but… I’m surprised at how easy it is coming out. Presidential Cycle: what is it? And looking at stock market history. And is Russia still able to send refined oil products to the US? Sneaky coonts, on both sides of the ocean! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!
SSAB – November 3, 2022
Computer is in the shop and now Im figuring out how to work with the iPad. Garlic and the sniffles Deep tissue and physio therapy, probably one of the reasons I’d like to stay in China for now. Stick with what works! Chinese lessons on Skype and vocab building And NaNoWriMo. stevensirski.com Have a look 🙂
SSAB – November 4, 2022
Weekend already… would mean something if work didnt bleed all over it. My choice, right? Uploading delays… working on getting a new provider. Feeling MUCH better, do I recover quicker or what is going on? But it IS getting cold outside! Winter jacket out! Half Murph done today, a little slower on the runs but I think I did the rounds faster. For reference: 2 mile warm up + 1 mile = 29.53 1 mile 8.50 (combined with 2 mile warm up 55 Pull ups (~6.30) 110 Push ups (~7.00) 165 Air squats (~6.00): 22.24 1 mile: 9.03 The Art of Learning a Language – four chapters in. I’m finding it’s a little repetitive and my writing style is matching the translator’s. Did I ever tell you about the Biscoff spread?! Sow notes up on stevensirski.com Stream through Spotify Apple n Google Have a great weekened!
SSAB – November 7, 2022
Laba zhou and dumplings as today is the first day of winter according to the Chinese calendar. April Gourmet closed! New cases detectedf How why and when will this end! LOL! Computer update: we need to reformat your computer. 4500 for the logic board… why not just get a new computer? Stream through Anchor.fm, Spotify, Apple and Google or head over to my website stevensirski.com for archivesf Have a good week and stay warm out there!
SSAB – November 8, 2022
Blood moon! Beaver blood moon! Feel like garbage cause… jiaozi! Shouldnt have gotten he fish jiaozi silly silly silly. Out all day. Used MacBooks for 6000rmb! Why bother fixing the old one? Mandatory testing for the next three days cause… why not? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
SSAB – November 9, 2022
PSB run done for another year Computer is done… can get a new one for the same price as replacing the old one. NAT tracking… what’s it good for? I mean, who exactly are they tracking? For the public good, okay, but if all the isolation hasnt changed anything yet, why is this still going on? One was tracked to the toilet on the second floor of a building… soooo… they didn’t have it before? Are you rich enough to date in China? Prestigious university, overseas experience, prestigious job, 300,000 RMB per year (men), 200,000 RMB per year (women), homeowner, career in IT or finance (men), teaching, medicine, civil service (women). Show notes n trax up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!
SSAB – November 10, 2022
Double 11 begins! 8.00pm kick off the sales deals begin and… who’s buying? Locked down, locked out, higher prices, who has money for this stuff? I wonder what the sale figures will be like this year. MacBook is back and seems fine, replaced the whole bottom chunk of the computer! Talked about alternatives. Chinese convo meet up and DELTA catch up: why bother reading the books when you can just read the previous exams? And Kherson pull out, great… but what happens when Ukraine rebuilds? Where will those bridges go? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!
SSAB – November 11, 2022
No Murph today as it was a low energy day. Was it the rain, the woman screaming at 4.00am or just a deload week? Taobao shopping! Let’s read it again! In Flander’s Fields. Still hard to fight back welling up. Ukrainian Iiterature celebrated on Nov 9th, what to read? Why USAmerican power endures, some thoughts. -it is resilient -others have a stake in it -grew up in relative isolation from the European wars -it allows failure (and capitalization on that failure) Show notes n tracks up on the site, stevensirski.com Have a great weelend!
SSAB – November 14, 2022
COVID testing changes: on the compound instead of off. Does that mean the compounds have to pay for it? Will rents increase as a result? COLD outside so bought some workout sweaters. Lighter workout Mondays should mean better performance on Wednesday. Setting up Episode 35 of the big cast! Aim is to double output over the next year. Practice test for the DELTA… took longer than recommended! Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!
SSAB – November 15, 2022
Physio… did she forget about me?! April Gourmet is open aaand the meat man is gone! And COVID testing lineups are loooong. Interesting article in WSJ: Working and adding value. Do you care or do you think you’re going to be famous? DJI microphone tests, can you tell the difference? Show notes up on the site stevensirski.com Have a flexible Tuesday!
SSAB – November 16, 2022
DJI mic test impressions Automating workflows… getting closer -moving files around the computer -uploading to a website -folder actions – convert video to audio and then apply effects and export as mp3 How NaNoWriMo going? And… my skipping rope broke. Burpees instead? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Happy humping day!
SSAB – November 17, 2022
Automation Pt 2: is AppleScripts being deprecated? Replaced by Swift DJI mic test… not holding up. Little bit disappointed. The Lottery… have you read it? Not in public domain so cant publish it but interesting story. Read this back in high school! Trudeau and Xi meet? Is this intl travel the reason for ths complete mess of NAT testing going on now? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!
SSAB – November 18, 2022
Awfully quiet out there today… Today’s workout: a modified Murph challenge. More cases means… fewer testing stations! And bars and restaurants closing down in Chaoyang… again! Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson – ancient civilizations – definitely skeptical -resonance – this has come up before but doesnt mean that humans had it. Could mean that if there were civ restarts throughout history yet others didnt, we would be behind When will we go organic? The interface between human and machine. Instead of poking in, what about layering on top, as skin does? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend!
SSAB – November 21, 2022
COVID Death of a podcast Science of Ultra Winnipeg Blue Bombers lose to Toronto Argonauts in the Grey Cup Newsletter out 5K in the morning… morning routine change? Quiet out there… no generator, few people moving. And Trump reinstated! But will he come back?! What is Mastodon? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!
SSAB – November 22, 2022
NaNoWriMo – not word count sensitive
SSP35 recorded! Have you ever seen Gone with the Wind? With Clark Gable? How about Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner?
Locked down! And then opened!
Cases rise, assisted connection device on and off… what will tomorrow bring?!
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
SSAB – November 23, 2022
Home security, spa cards and how to keep aware.
Morning routine change? Mobility in the morning, workouts in the afternoon?
World Cup but COVID cases, you watching?
DELTA reading: how to parse a sentence. Two weeks to go… hope we don’t get locked down or restricted access.
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!
SSAB – November 24, 2022
Happy end of harvest?! Wow loaded day! Xmas anyone? Still surprised that still so many hold onto their passports so they must still see the hope in that system.
Publish or perish, if you’re not willing to put your voice out there in the modern, accessible format, how can we move forward?
DELTA… learning how to parse a sentence like a pro. Takes me back to my Latin language days (another language of the oppressor’s?). Looking at the book About Language.
Three books:
Scott Thornbury’s About Language
Scott Thornbury’s A-Z of ELT
Martin Parrott’s Grammar for English Language Teachers
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one whether you celebrate the US day or not!
SSAB – November 25, 2022
Beginning of the weekend… for real this time! And all the optimism that Friday night brings. Morning routine altered… DON’T GO OUTSIDE! An unverified msg about potential fumigation in the city. 3 miles (5km) 60 pull ups 120 push ups 180 air squats + 2 miles after work and slow heavy weight training Burger for dinner and cheesecake… don’t want to use the meats in the freezer just in case we do get locked down. Chinese market rallies, banks, gold stocks and real estate. The first and last suggest a market turnaround. Gold stocks bc the USD is falling. Half market day in the US. Pragmatics: the aspects of language beyond vocab and grammar in how to use a language appropriately in different contexts and with different speakers. This includes implied and explicit meaning of language. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good weekend!SSAB – November 15 2022
SSAB – November 28, 2022
Proof of COVID vax not needed for Canada and many other countries as of October 1 2022?! What happened?!
Aaaaaannnndddd… on cue… Beijing cases drop. But that’s not why the assisted connection devices have been so bad…
Need a new desk as Im trying to set up this MIDI controller I got.
Getting cold outside, but that’s not stopping the people.
World Cup continues… have it on but not following. Did NOT know Canada had a team in the competition!
Website updated
Newsletter out
Show notes trax n stuff up at stevensirski.com
Have a good start of week and go Canada go!
SSAB – November 29, 2022
Could and windy! Like real windy!
Beijing city lockdown? No, but maybe you don’t have to get tested all the time. How do I qualify?
Spent the day updating the website and working on Episode 35. Thinking… do I need to upgrade my microphone?
NaNoWriMo – still have more to do.
Automator programming… so close. Six hours on Saturday
Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Stay warm out there!
SSAB – November 30, 2022
Jiang Zimen has died, age 96.
Will Hu Jintao get the same mention?
DELTA reading… one week out. Lots about methodologies.
Cold cold cold and windy… inside workout in the morning but then outdoors for the afternoon. A revisit of some workouts I did when the pandemic firat started. Second workout was skip n ballz, but shortened the number of rounds to 6 and did four rounds of skip n ballz. Was able to keep my heart rate in the ‘Extreme Zone’ between 174-194 for about 9 minutes total.
Then ran another mile.
But had to bundle up cause it was cold!
Knock on the door… is it my package? Nope… two hazmats saying you gotta jab your nose on your own for the next three days.
And blame the big bad business for all those positive test results and COVID cases!
Awesome soy sauce again… pumpking, onion, garlic, green pepper, butter, carrots, cook it all up in a pot. Voila.
Show notes up on stevensirski.com
Have a good one!