Give Blood, Give Life

Went to a blood donation drive at Church yesterday. It's been a long time since I gave, the last time was in Uni days (yeah, yeah, the young fearless blood). Then I got "old" and more "chicken". Hehe. So when the church organized the event, I thought - oh well, since I don't have anything else to give to the society, I might as well. Took Noel to the drive, he was curious, scared, full of puzzlement, etc all at the same time. The same reason I take him along to Tunas Bakti etc - good exposure :)

1st test - Weight - of course I passed (if not with flying colours!)

2nd test - Blood Pressure - normal - passed

3rd test - Heamoglobin - the droplet of blood taken from my finger took it's sweet time to go to the bottom of the testing solution - failed :(

The officer tested again to make sure - and to my dismay, again, it took it's sweet time. "Tak cukup darah, cik. Cukup untuk sendiri jer. Takpa, lain kali boleh cuba lagi. Terima kasih kerana niat baik" - literally means, not enough blood - just enough for my own body. So I can't give away, for now. The officer of course told me to eat more iron rich food - and to my parent's apprehension, Noel annouced "mummy not enough blood" when we got home.

Disappointed, yes I am. But there's nothing much I can do about it... just gotta go back to those preggy days with liver (YUCKS!)

Here's more info if you'd like to give life :)