SSAB - July 14, 2026

Cleaning continues, gf says “It’s not that much.” But… I DID post some stuff for sale! Met up with a few old colleagues. How are they doing?-Off to the Friendship Store (?)-Ate at Carbo, a pasta-ria-Then to DuLi for dessert but they didn’t have anything worth sticking around for-So off to Jenny Wang’s supermarket (a knock off of Jenny Lou’s?) for ice creamAnd is fois gras now a thing in China? Is this why Blue Frog introduced it a while back? Kinda makes me wonder, why can’t you start a business in China? Well, what great idea do you have? WSJ article here:https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/forget-france-china-is-the-new-foie-gras-championDonate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.comLanguage vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlogGoogle Stock Tracker Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharingHope you have a great one!! 00:00 Don’t Botch the Ending00:26 Reuniting With Colleagues01:04 Xinjiang Trip Memories03:46 Why She Returned05:34 Airport Searches Talk07:15 The Exit Plan Question09:45 Back to Teaching English12:44 English Classes and AI Shift18:30 Friendship Store Night Out20:43 Late Recording Reflections21:44 Decluttering and Selling Stuff29:48 Rent, Moving, and Timing31:01 China’s Foie Gras Boom36:06 Business Ideas and Passion43:20 Wrap-Up and Farewell