SP red cross blood donation drive

This week is godamn hectic because there is this blood donation drive in SP.

Honestly, until the event started, I’m still quite sore not being able to be in DMO for red cross because I super love first aid. But now, I’m quite happy to be in BDD. It is pretty interesting, and I’m really touched by all the blood donors, whether they managed to donate or not.

I met many red cross people (especially those in BDD) which I really like them. They are much more friendlier than my class people, and seem to click better with me compared to my classmates. Which is quite surprising because I thought since most of us are from different courses, we will not click so well. I was proven wrong.

I do not know if it is side effect of being in red cross in secondary school, but I cannot be comfortable around seniors. Maybe because in secondary school’s red cross, you need to be super polite to seniors and cannot be casual with them (in cca). I just find myself uncomfortable with seniors. After all, i spent 4 years being careful around seniors. How to change so easily right?

Oh, and my awesomes pals from class came to donate blood on the last day, which i was really happy about because after how unsupportive my class is. Although only 1 can donate in the end, I’m still super happy. At least she saved 3 lives. ^^ So proud of her. And I’m sad too because I cannot donate. I want to donate although the needle is a little scary. Saving lives without being a doctor seems cool.

I think i learnt a lot from this drive. I’m really touched by all those blood donors who waited for hours to donate their blood, and those who patiently waited for their turns without complaining although the queue is freaking long, and also those who waited till very late. I’m really happy to see that nice people still exist in SP. I can’t believe that the world still have so many nice people. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME!

But I also realised my class is so unsupportive of blood donation drive. I mean, we all came to biomedical science because we have a passion to help people right? Why didn’t i see those ‘super passionate’ in science and helping people at the drive to donate blood? And one bastard actually replied my ‘advertisement’ for bdd on class whatsapp group with some sarcastic comment. I was just too tired to reply after one long day, else my vulgarities will all shoot at people like **.

Why didn’t my classmates/buddy classmates come and donate. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WANT TO GO FOR PHLEBOTOMY. I can’t say all my classmates are not interested in helping people, some do have their reasons and I understand, because donating blood have a truck load of requirements. But you tell me my entire class only 1 person can donate? A bit bull shit right? I will understand if they say they want to study, but there isn’t much to study right?

If you do not want to help people, why come to biomedical science and take the slot? Let people who really wants to help people enter the course larh. I saw so many DBT students coming to donate leh. Why DBS don’t have? Maybe DBT have more empathy than DBS, or DBS a little bit too cocky liao.

This post was dedicated to BDD but I ended up raging about my class not coming -_-“.

I’m looking forward to the november drive already, and hopefully I won’t be so dumb like this time. Made so many mistakes and hope I will improve by the november drive. Won’t even expect my classmates to come donate this time. I believe my awesome friends will come though, because they are the coolest bunch of people I have met in DBS.

It is really a fun event and i enjoyed super much. I’ll cherish all my red cross friends I made during the event. At least I know we all like red cross. Back then when I swear never to join red cross again after i survive through secondary school. I wonder why I joined back :’D

I wanted to post pictures but I’m tired, in pain and need to study for my stupid EST (if that is what they called it in poly). Bye!