450ml

Below is the blood donator’s card i received once i registered to be blood donor last year. very much like the card in japan or throughout the world, the card serves as our blood identification card that could avoid all the hassles the next time you donate blood.

i can still recall the time when i donated my blood. i hopped into the centre with a friend and volunteered to do something for the needy. the moment when i went in there, i saw a really long queue to the door and i found amazing that the love is still full of love because that day was not a special blood donation day that people just join the crowd to donate blood. in fact, that was a fine boring weekday.

and of course me being a foreigner, the staffs in the centre responded meticulously by carefully obtaining every single detail that might potentially diagnose an infection or bacteria or virus in my blood. but they were so regret of their thoughts because the result turned out to be perfectly perfect and the all indexes indicates that my blood is the blood that they have been always looking for. i could see that from their eyes.

so, to support my statement above, they decided to go against the norm where they took 450ml instead of going according my weight’s allowance, which is 400ml, which is also 50ml more than chai ei. that’s was cunning of them. also, they even persuaded me to join their frequent blood donor club by giving me the card in advance and arranged an appointment for me during my last birthday. so called to contribute something meaningful during my birthday.

unlike the cute nurse chai ei got in japan, the staff helpig me was an old middle aged lady, with a really stern look but soft and kind inside. i noticed that from her angelic smile when she walked away from me, trust me, so angelic that you can never imagine. i do prefer a cute japanese nurse to chit chat and share a lot information with me though. after that, my blood started to ooze into blood package and the process was another ordinary boring process which took maybe 6-7 minutes because i remember i watched 2 channel v songs. i’m not really sure.

and another thing i must mention is that the nurse there were really responsible and caring enough that they gave me a list of numbers and addresses to contact just in case i got sick and uncomfortable after donating my blood. a thing that i couldn’t experience when i donated my blood in malaysia. tsk tsk tsk. however, i was not to heong like chai ei that he went to a long distance run right after his donation. hebat betul engkau.

p.s. this is a response post to chaiei’s 400ml.

p.p.s. the 450ml part is totally my imagination but my precious blood and indexes part are true.

p.p.p.s. i just finished my exam and i am very happy.