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The other day I started off the day in a lousy way. Not literally because of reasons like waking up from the wrong side of the bed, waking up late, etc. It was because I felt I did badly for an interview. If you’d followed me on Twitter, you would have known..

BUT. It isn’t the point.

That wasn’t the end to my day. I’m glad I had something planned. Which was that I decided I should really take the time to pay the BloodBank @ HSA a visit. Thank goodness I made this plan, I’ve been procrastinating since March.

Can’t describe how it totally lightened up my mood, but yes, I was really happy I could donate a packet of blood, and SAVE LIVES! :D

If you still don’t get it, I went for a blood donation! ^^

The pre-screenings were REALLY a scare. My blood pressure was extremely low during the first measurement, it was like 97/46. *OMG* Thankfully after awhile, the doctor gave me a chance and tried again, it was on-the-dot, 100/60. *PHEWWWWW* Then it was the Iron test, minimum cut off was 12.5 and mine was 12.6. *phew, again!*

AFTERRR ALL THESE, TA-DA, I am certified fit to make a blood donation and there I went lying on the couch/chair/bed. lol. YAYY.

As mentioned earlier, I should have gone in March for my next donation because in between every blood donation you make, you have to rest for 3 months. So I actually haven’t been to bloodbank for more than half a year. haha!

Having said that, I was a little intimidated and didn’t dare to look at them poking me, hehe, which usually I’d.. But it all turned out well! :D AND I’M GOING TO SAVE A LIFE with my packet of bloood!! :D

My pink bandage after donating! :]]]]]

They also give us a food coupon afterwhich! So don’t worry about fainting after that, they will ensure you’re okay, before letting you leave the bed! : Then you can go claim your drink and food!!

I got myself a sandwich and a cuppa milo! :D

You can nom-noms on this table, specially reserved for you to rest abit! :D

Look at this River of Life! Soooo many people have contributed. Those little fishes (Silver/Red/Gold/etc) have each an ‘owner’ whose names are engraved on it. And these people whos names are on the fishes have donated really alot of times, like 50? or 80? I can’t remember. But different colour means different number of donations too.

I aspire to see my name down there sometime later!!!! :]]]]]

Yeapp, Bloodbank @ HSA!!

Occasionally, they give out tokens of appreciation to the donors as well. No idea what you’ll get at which # of donation, but to my surprise, I got an sms asking me to collect a t-shirt!!