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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I WENT TO DONATE BLOOD YESTERDAY!!! i really felt that it is a meaningful thing to do - Sharing life's best gift. it was my maiden trip, was really nervous at first, but the people there really took care of me as a first timer..they made sure i was comfortable and feeling alright after the donation..i know that when donating blood in Singapore, it's done sitted down, here its down lying down, i didn't dare to look when the nurse was piercing in the needle...i felt kinda pain on the arm...after it was done, actually it was not as painful as i thought it would be, i looked at my arm...and the needle is REALLY HUGE!!..u noe the pocky biscuit that you can get almost everywhere??..yea, the needle's kinda that size without the choc and strawberry part, jus the biscuit..that's the thickness of the needle...

they almost couldn't find a thick enough vein to poke the needle through..but thank goodness they checked both arms with the blood pressure thing and touching with their fingers instead of poking everywhere with the needle...and another thing..my veins were going sideways..but there's nth wrong with me thankfully, they freaked me out for a second when they said my veins were going sideways, cos usually the needle is parallel to the arm but mine was bout 45 degrees..haha..

as i felt the warm blood pass through the tubes...i dunno if it's the sudden loss of blood that i felt a bit groggy..or i really felt this really overall positive feeling surrounding me like i'm helping to save lives....that night (which is last nite) was really cold, but i was lazy to change to the quilt nad i thought i could take it..in the end, i think i couldn't really sleep in the middle of the night cos it was getting REALLY cold...i had the blanket covering me from head to toe..but i was still freezing..mind you i had socks on with long pants..

and i had 2 of the weirdest dreams..one was that the nurse called me the next day telling me that there is something wrong with my blood...cos they seperated out another smaller pack for testing to see if there's any disease or blood related disorders b4 releasing the blood for patients...the nurse told me that i had Leukemia!!! my god!! i nearly freaked out!! i was told that i had to undergo treatment in Australia and it's gonna cost my family a BOMB!!!..

the next dream was that i went back to KL, and was taking care of a really cute stray kitten..and some relative is so angry that i am caring for the kitten in the house that he took out a cane and started whacking at the kitten but i protected it with my body so i was suffering the cane instead..after that i started shouting at the relative and nearly punched him or whacked him real hard...and my cousins came and started to shout at him also and the whole scene was just really chaotic...

told Huimin, June and Sharon today over coffee and chips and they were positive that the maiden blood donation had gotten me all bonkers for a night...so today i was REALLY tired..wanted to start on my biz policy assignment in the end i didn't AGAIN!!!!..missed debate meeting with raymond and amy..so sorri...will make it up doubly hard on thurs...tmr really have to do things already!!..

the lecturer was saying yesterday that for ppl that are halfway done on the assignment, they are considered to be quite slow..then i was like..dang it..i haven't even started.. I AM SO SCREWED!!..April's almost ending...the May calendar is scary looking...with lots of stuffs written on it...

OMG!!! this last semester is really fulfilling, memorable, busy...wadever wadever...going for the Hillsongs Youth Alive Concert this saturday with the usual people..hope it'll be nice..hee...went swimming today after lecture..the water was not cold...quite nice to swim in the pool..with the warm sun upon the skin..but the weather is very cold..

Tonkatsu Ramen at Aijesen Ramen in the City after Wynnum Open on sunday

the bandage of SIGNIFICANCE..really proud to have the bandage around my arm..hee

Huimin got this at 50cts each from Officeworks..cheap la

Huimin got the same thing for the household...50cts...!!

oh no..my snack compartment is apcking up again...i dun like winter...keep eating..

coffee and chips..

June and her vanilla thick shake

really cold at Yuens

FREEZING!!

mine

huimin's

sharon's