SSAB - September 16, 2024

Nice and quiet weekend! Mid-Autumn Festival in full swing… what do we do? Workout in! First time in a LONG time NOT going for a run today. Why? -Gym in the morning -Chinese done + tiger and dragon idioms -30 min bike -10 min Jacob’s Ladder -4 rounds of: Battle Ropes, Kettle Bell Swings, Dips -2 rounds of: 20 incline bench press bar + row GOLD popping! BUT, Zeal LLC saying watch out… this guy is a gold bug par excellence. Productive weekend! New Language Podcast out + Newsletter. LIVESTREAM Chinese vocab review, too! Good engagement today! Spent some time moving old pictures and videos around. Wow! Toronto, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, Bloor West, TIFF, Montreal Film Festival and then… Beijing. China raises retirement limit! Yey! You can work longer? But how else can we think of this situation? 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 Happy start of week! 00:00 Introduction and Weekend Recap 01:21 Mid-Autumn Festival Insights 03:47 Reflecting on 10 Years in China 11:32 Daily Routine and Fitness 15:56 Language Learning and Live Streams 19:00 Gold Market Analysis 21:51 China's Retirement Policy Changes 25:41 Conclusion and Farewell