We survived the London test with Cameron! Yes, we went to London on Friday and got everything done in a day.

We woke up early in the morning to beat the queue while everybody was sleeping through the peaceful Good Friday morning. Parked our car in Osterley, we took a tube to Hyde Park Corner station. It wasn’t easy to maneuver the pushchair especially when Quinny‘s back wheels appear to be wider then the normal pushchairs. I felt sorry when Mel has to either help to lift the front or hold the back of the pushchair when going up down the steps (as she hasn’t been feeling well). I think Cameron enjoyed the tube journey and noise as he didn’t fuss and seemed to enjoy staring and looking around the tube.

After the Embassy, we went across to Hyde Park for Cameron’s breast feeding session while we enjoyed our sunshine and the lively surrounding. That was Mel’s first time relaxing in a park since December! We then took the tube again to Leicester Square. Arrived in China Town, we didn’t want to try Wong Kei this time as we wanted a more spacious restaurant due to the pushchair. We decided to try this fairly new one called Golden Pagoda. Although the staffs were new on the job but we were complimented with their friendliness. We enjoyed our roast duck, roast pork and Char Siew Chu Chiong Fan until Cameron decided to wake up and spoilt my moment with the duck. The rest of the meal was done single handedly. The bill came out £17 for two; think I can have a better one for that price elsewhere. After the meal, we went across to Loong Foong Chinese Market to grab couple of things on our list. And again it wasn’t easy to move around with the pushchair as you know Chinese are pretty smart at squeezing every bit out of the space they have. Then, we returned to Hyde Park for another feeding session while I went across to collect Cameron’s passport (yes, collection on the same day).

I must say that having Cameron around has such an impact on our lives. Before that, it was so easy and flexible to plan things but now we have to work around him, everything is him, him and him. He has become the center of everything (well not forgetting the Him in our belief). I was also quite stressed throughout the trip. I worried that if he will scream in the tube, or in the restaurant or in the Embassy, and we would be looking like jokers trying to pacify him. Glad that he didn’t, just a single cry in the restaurant. I was also worried if Mel could cope with the whole thing as she has just recovered from mastitis 2 weeks ago and now battling another one. (That’s the reason why she has been kept off the Blog for such a long time). I have so much more to think about and so much more constraints compared to Mel’s pregnancy time. However all these hard work, emotional and physical strains were paid off when we hear good comments and praises from others. People stopped and asked about Cameron when we were in Hyde Park, the Chinese Market, tube and the restaurant. The Embassy officers said he is big with ‘muka berani ‘and they like his hair while a shopper said that he is cute and an American couple asked/chat with Mel about Cameron and etc… We are glad to hear these compliments and at the same time we were surprised that so many people here understand the hardwork of bringing up babies.

     Our first family photo

On another note, the condition of Malaysian Embassy is pathetic, things look old and seriously in need of modernization. You basically can’t sell Visit Malaysia with the condition like that. The toilet is not any better than the R&R stop stations along the PLUS highway and a girl even got locked in the toilet as the door was jammed! And Mel was saying that the girl spoke complete British accent, the poor girl will definitely ‘sell’ our Visit Malaysia campaign. However the officers were friendly, can’t complain of their service.