finally donated blood today :)
dunnoe y since young i've always wanted to donate
mayb the tot of being able to help someone n tt fireman commercial haha
bk in j1, they came rj. wanted to donate but my mama jus refused to sign e authorisation form. was under 17
i was rather angry
but i knew she meant well la
the nkf screeners everiyear say my bp slightly lower then normal pple then rarely i ll feel faint suddenly oso...
j2 no need parental consent liao budden was sick took anitbiotics then cannot

HSA 1st interview tt time saw the blood bak in the same building
but was rushing for the ocbc bank interview so didnt donate
tot if i get my 2nd interview will cum bk to donate then
so haha
the pple there quite nice n friendly, non stop thankews
i got a sticker tt says,'be nice to me. tis is my first donation!'
ha with a heart shaped design somemore.
it was ok la... the filling of a many qn questionaire
the toking to a medical officer take weight bp etc
then the mo is called e widjaya... reminded mi of hardy...
then proceed to counter 5 to test haemoglobin
wa tot like blood test – staple abit onli
but this one different leh, rather pain then a lot of blood… the nurse squeezed then my blood shot across quite a distance n splattered on the table.
Healthy pumping heart huh. Then the nurse oso WA! Haha
then test my haemoglobin level is 12.7 below 12 cannot so heng or else stapled ten cant donate.
then into the rm abit like the kidney dialysis centre lidat

a foreign country nurse explained everithing
me malu tried to climb up the bed frm the propped-up-late part.. actualli no need mus frm the swingable hand side so she quite shocked haha
the funkynurse with punky hair came to find artery
as usual mi so much bah cant find on the right hand
abit more prominent on the left so yep LHS it is
then green antiseptic liquid to make sure tt par of hand bacteria free.
then stress ball to squeeze...
then a first injection to pop up the area coz the second needle rather ig like a thin straw macam satay stick thick
i dilated my eyes n omg....
then the poke but not painleh jus wa...
abit hard to find the artery i tink she manuveor quite abit to stick almost the whole thing in,...
n it started lor...
blood red is the colour i guess..
got this thing tt moves like a seesaw to seesaw the blood
mi can donate 1 packet onli coz i dont haf alot of haemoglobin..
asked how much then the nice chinese auntie/nurse say like coke can lidat. nice malay auntie later say 300ml.
then the nurses gave mi iron tablets then cream coz they say my flesh soft will get bruise haha sigh jus flabby arm la..
then nice malay auntie put the packet of blood in my hand..
it was rather warm, rather warm.

it was like awww.. some warm current like seeped thru mi abit touched la. hope it will save someone
then got the huat guay refreshment the cake thing tt always used to offer to gods then dont realli like didnt noe abit high class cafe at hsa oso got sell tt + milo.

oh nice chinese auntie ask mi whu recommended mi here
i say coz i came for scholarship interview then ya saw n came in
she was like "oh so can or not? i onli tok to u abit, but think u r a veri nice person." then as she walked away she turned ard n said,"u can do it"
haha wat a feel good session
aww.. i ll take tt as she meant it la n thank her for her compliment.

saw quite a few pplw: yound ladies taitai middle-aged uncles yong man with motorcycle helmet...
one uncle looked like blackie ke shou liang haha wan an uncanny resemblance...

never know when we'll drop dead
came to terms tt when the time comes, it comes n we die.
pple shud go donate blood la i guess

10/05/04 11am