# SSAB - April 14, 2026

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Podcast: [The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700)
Published: 2026-04-14T08:36:39+00:00
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## Resource

How was Chinese class? What does HSK 5 really mean? Watching another YouTube channel In Chinese, this lady I guess used to live in UAE and taught Chinese to kids. Does all of her videos in comprehensible Chinese. Mentioned 去有风的地方 “Meet Yourself” TV show. Up and out in the morning, chest day today. No run. Recorded another component of the online course. Thinking of uploading allll of my travel videos to… Pexels? And talking about living in China, is it worth it? 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 Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great one!! 00:00 Morning Routine Reset00:29 Expat Life Crossroads01:35 Cost of Living Talk03:57 Teaching Burnout Reality05:22 Automate Work With AI07:15 Is China Worth It08:21 Will Chinese Rule09:55 Chinese Class Recap10:58 HSK Goals And Focus17:34 HSK Grammar Frustrations19:03 HSK Five Reality Check19:55 Shadowing and TV Advice21:17 Why Chinese Media Fails Me24:25 Speaking Practice and Course Ideas25:03 AI and Accent Training Thoughts28:06 Gym Morning and Street Chinese30:14 Caption Workflow and Editing Tools32:40 Podcast Direction and Better Videos35:02 B-Roll Library on Pexels37:10 Wrap Up and Links

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