SSAB - September 25, 2026

<p>Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Got the moon cakes!</p><p><br></p><p>Feeling better! Maybe it’s my only fan?!</p><p><br></p><p>My breakfast place is STILL CLOSED! WTF happened?</p><p><br></p><p>Video editing getting done, should I move this podcast onto video?</p><p><br></p><p>New Chinese class! How was it? Talked about eating pig’s ears.</p><p><br></p><p>And, Steve, have you seen any changes in the neighbourhood?</p><p>-“Older” lady who worked at April Gourmet no longer there.</p><p>-Cass beer no longer available</p><p>-Workers aren’t using the bicycles in the morning… though maybe I’m leaving at different times. </p><p>-Lots of the shops by DaoXiangCun are empty</p><p>-I’m told there are more foreigners at The Local… but I wouldn’t know cause I never go there.</p><p><br></p><p>Donate to the show! PayPal link below!</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA</p><p><br></p><p>***</p><p>Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com</p><p><br></p><p>Transcript and more available on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1om1Geup1o6Adi-A8kTAnCf12Zo7nDkAt?usp=sharing</p><p><br></p><p>Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p>Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog</p><p><br></p><p>Google Stock Tracker Sheet</p><p>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing</p><p><br></p><p>中秋快乐！</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Mid Autumn Greetings</p><p>00:29 Restarting Life Beijing</p><p>01:29 Mooncakes Festival Plans</p><p>03:57 Editing Day Indoors</p><p>06:31 Teaching Schedule Check</p><p>10:15 Weather Air Health</p><p>16:19 Breakfast Shop Mystery</p><p>18:54 Neighborhood Shops Closing</p><p>29:22 Water Prices Food Costs</p><p>40:38 New Chinese Teacher</p><p>44:06 Automation Video Podcast</p><p>44:48 Wrap Up Links Thanks</p>