Yesterday, a few of us trooped over to Taman Mayang to give of ourselves. I heard of a blood donation drive happening in my housing area at a local church, and started a Facebook event to try and help them promote it.

As a result, The Backpacker and seven friends trooped over to be sucked dry. Here are some photos… (I’ll have a video out soon!)

Huge sign that states eligibility…

I thought the colours of the blood type test were so cool! (Oh, I did saturate the photo slightly, though…)

Here’s my blood donor card getting checked by the nurse. It was my 11th time doing it.
I desaturated the colours on the next few photos for dramatic effect. (Not that it’s a sad and dreary activity, though!)

You are put through a series of questions and tests before you are permitted to donate blood. I guess they have to weed out those who have mad cow disease! (I hid it well)

Here’s a close-up of the needle going in after passing the 101 tests. It really doesn’t hurt - they had already given me a small dose of local anaesthetic by then.

And me conducting an interview with some of the other donors. Here’s Chui being disturbed while giving blood.

And Katy K’ng who just finished - she’s done it quite a few times already.

And here is Ronnie who is flanked by the nurses who are just about to prod him with the needle. On the side is Grace, my wonderful assistant (and wife) who helps me out with filming at times.

Alright, that’s it for now - back to the edit room I go. I’ve gotta churn out some programmes soon!