Blood donation @ NTU

Went down with Eileen today with the intention of donating blood. We were very nervous and scared of course. So we passed every medical examination until Eileen went for the iron test. Then turn out she got iron deficiency so cannot donate. By the way, I passed that. Then the person asked me to sit on the chair. The nurse so fierce lah. I told her I wanted to donate with my right arm but she said to wait as it is not for me to decide. Then she put the blood pressure thingy and ask me to keep squeezing the stress ball so that she can feel for my veins. (She haven't insert the needle yet ah! Don't panic!) As she couldn't feel any on my right arm then she went to the left. Then she told me that I cannot donate coz my veins are too fine. Asked me to exercise more vigorously and to come back next year. &^%$#@!!

Humph. The iron test thingy was quite painful lah! Then so embarassing. I sat on the chair already then had to leave. Haiz!!!! So disappointing.

According to xian, she said I have to lift more weights to expand my veins. I shall do that until december and hopefully we can all go together to donate blood!!! Overall, it was quite scary lah, seeing all the needles and all.

On my way home today, I saw soo many dead cockroaches in the void deck. One was able to defy gravity as it looked like it was dead in the middle of the wall. Except for one baby cockroach which I was tempted to step on but didn't in the end. I think the town council juz cleaned the rubbish chute but they forgot to clear the dead cockroaches. Hahaha. Juz Joking.

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