BloodBank | Welcome to anna.my :)

If you’ve read my past posts/followed me on twitter, you’d probably know how happy I get when I get to donate blood. I really like the feeling of being able to save someone’s life. Previous post is here!

Furthermore, the staffs at the bloodbank are really nice and friendly!! Love the heart-warming smiles they are never fail to shower on everyone who visits the place. Not to forget, their abundance of ‘thank you(s)’.. They’re really appreciative of every single donor who takes time of their busy schedule to come down for a donation! :]

Pardon the quality of the photos I took. :/ I didn’t bring my camera out so all I had was my BB.

& finally after a good three months (few days after 3 months), I went back for my first donation this year! :>

These are the refreshments they provide after the donation!

The nice and cute yet informative design on the wall! You can’t see the words here, but it explains where does your donation go. :)

My favourite bandage!! I requested for it!

This is me with my bandage!

&Yay, its my 5th donation today!

And I got a medal! ^^ HEHE.

The best news ever, for people like me who stay along the red line, near to Woodlands! Now I don’t have to travel till Outram Park! Cheers!

Hehehhh yeapyeap!! Give blood, save lives! Its at the Civic Centre, opposite Causeway point. Just 5 minutes from Woodlands MRT!

Happy me :>

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!!