Goodbye blogger...

Okay, so the only real reason I started the blog thingy was so that I could share pictures with friends and family. But for some reason, Hello isn't working with the new blogger, and uploading photos has become a real drag...and, flickr and picasa work together quite surprisingly well. So, in the interest of all involved (but mostly me and my copious amounts of spare time), I'll be posting pictures mainly to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnandsylviachoi/
(go check it out, pics are already up)

This blog might be updated every now and then...who knows...

 
 
 
 

Merry Christmas (from Chicago)

Well, it was another fun Christmas season. We went to Chicago to visit Sylvia's parents...and her cousin Jaewoo, who's in the states a little while before heading to Toronto to study some English. Big props to Sylvia's sister Cecilia who hooked us up with a ton of baby clothes, and my sister Naomi who gave us the gift that keeps on giving.

Baby Choi update - the last time we saw the doctor (about three weeks ago), he was a little surprised that Sylvia hadn't felt the baby moving/kicking yet. So he says "I guarantee you will feel the baby before your next appointment" (Jan 7th). So about five days ago, Sylvia felt the baby moving around, kicking, punching, twisting. And try as I might, I was always a little too late to put my hand on the right spot. Shoot, even Sylvia's mom felt it before I did. But last night, after about 10hours of re-arranging our apartment...victory! Honestly, it felt like a little gas bubble, but it was amazing to know that my baby princess is somewhere inside, kicking the daylights out of mommy's uterus.

Pictures coming soon....if i can figure out what is wrong with hello...

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When I was a kid, I used to watch alot of hockey on the old SportsChannel, some playoffs on
USA network...Probably like a lot of other kids, my favorite team was the Oilers (even though I was only 30 minutes from Philly). Gretzky, Coffey, Messier, Kurri, Fuhr, Anderson, Lowe...August 9, 1988 was one of the worst days of my life...

Anyways, just had some good old flashbacks when I ran across this on YouTube. It's from the 2005-2006 playoff series against Anaheim, game 4. Inspirational...Most of the sporting events I've been to, people are too busy talking on their cell phones or mugging for camera time to notice the national anthem. So, enjoy this moment of northern pride.



On a similar note, if you wanna check out a cool version of the national anthem...

Give me an X! Give me another X!

Yup, you know what it means....

Yay...

I don't think I'm sick anymore. Thank goodness.
Nothing much new to share....So take a gander at this sneak preview of baby choi:

Whew...

Been sick for about three weeks now...sleeping way too much, lots of phlegm, all the good stuff. Anyhow, today was a decent day - didn't have to sleep, headaches went away, not much congestion. So hopefully, this will be the turn. Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself.

Earlier in the day, Sylvia and I went to the jungle. Got some flank steak, only 4.99 per lb. They also had some beautiful mahi mahi; but after we got home, we find out that it was on the list of fish that pregnant women should avoid.....So....
I had the mahi mahi topped with a herb-butter/white wine sauce; Sylvia had some chicken breast with the same sauce. Sides - spaghetti squash; steamed asparagus; steamed broccoli (sp?); sauteed red and green peppers....yummmm.

Merry Christmas...

We put up a Christmas tree - nothing fancy, just some lights, and two ornaments, since it's our second Christmas together (awwww.....)
Anyways, enjoy the semi-strange pics of the Choi tree.





Oh, and before I forget. Went to the happiest place on earth earlier this morning, and I saw this beautiful English thing in the parking lot...Hand-crafted, perfect weight distribution, 0-60 in 4.9 seconds, and weighs only 1984 pounds (or a little less than three Hummer H2's). Pure. Automotive. Bliss.



And, if you're into modern tragedies - link.