Yeah i just got a letter from NKF telling me that 14th June is World Blood Donor Day and so all blood donors in this lion city are invited to ECP to have a fun day full of activities (the highlight seems to be building sand-castles haha) Oh great another prick in my already swiss-cheesy conscience since they probably sent me half a dozen letters telling me it has been some time since i last gave my blood so my hemoglobin level should be high enough for them to poke me again and i have always tossed the letters into the bin. Ah well I never promised them I would give up some of my precious red liquid every 3 months or so.

My first and very likely last donation was during J2 around July i think and it was because the came down to RJ for school level "leaching" and since I was under 18, I had to get a consent form signed by my parents. As usual, my mum refused (honestly, i can hardly find anything which she thinks is safe) but after a while she relented (as always). My reason for donating blood was mainly just for the experience, not that I ain't an altruistic person but my altruism never comes near needles.

On the day itself, me, bimal, aditya, manu, janicia, adeline (if i missed out anyone sorry my memory is a bit hazy) went for the donation and got to skip lessons yay! Unfortunately, my extreme dislike of pointed objects went into overdrive and i clocked a record high BP of 170/90 whoa but cannot back out lor will lose face leh. The nurses were efficient enough, we were assigned a recliner to lay on and a ball to squeeze to aid blood flow i think. I tell ya, it was my first time and it was creepy (to me at least). I was squeezing and watching my blood slowly drip into the bag while the tube was sticking out of my vein. I can't remember but I think it wasn't really painful but the size of the needles made my head spin and to my dismay (of course lah!) I had to give up and so my seat was adjusted to be totally flat and the damn things were removed and I was told to close my eyes and rest(finally). The people were nice lah and made sure I was ok before they released me. * I could see spots and I felt dizzy and breathless but I didn't faint*

On the plus side (always think positive ppl), i got a packet of milo, biscuits and a red cap for 1/3 of blood that everyone else gave and i felt perfectly fine after that (oh yeah we got a cute plaster band around our "wounds") So I got my taste of blood donation and it wasn't fun at all. Never mind, keep sending those letters and one day I just might go back again :O

P.S. If i m not wrong, Janicia fainted too :p I ain't the only one

**I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BLOOD DONATIONS OR BLOOD DONORS. IT'S JUST THAT I HATE NEEDLES.**