today i finally took a first step to do something that i have always wanted to but never dared... that is, to donate blood!! saw an announcement on the firm's intranet this morning: in support of the World Blood Donor day on 14 June, the firm got the National Blood Service of UK to run an in-house blood donation drive on 20 June. my first thought was, since it's 3 floors above my office, there'll be less risk of me fainting on the way back hahaha. managed to drag 2 guy colleagues to do it with me - one took 3 hours to consider while the other agreed without any hesitation lol.
hmm so... no backing out now :) has anyone donated blood before? share some experience if you have! although ppl claim it doesn't hurt at all, the thought of a needle poked in me for 10mins still gives me goosebumps :P
talking about taking blood, there was once when i had to take blood test and the doctor poked the needle at 3 different points to find the right vein ... eek. after the first poke, he realised no blood was flowing into the syringe so he pulled it out, changed another needle and tried again :S i certainly hope this won't be the case on the big day. ahhh scared but i guess it'll be interesting!
