black-out

Had a meeting near hsa yesterday, so decided to drop by for this..

This time round, things went smoothly. They managed to poke at the right spot, so there was no bruising. The flow was pretty fast too, and before I knew it I was done. Spent some time at the donors’ lounge with a walnut muffin and a cup of milo, and I was good to go.

It was raining when I left. Funny…it was raining the last time too. But anyways, walked to outram…boarded the train, and cos it was the peak rush hour there were no seats available. I had to stand..nothing new there. The first few stops was ok. But as I was reaching lavender I started to feel like something’s not right with me. Felt kinda drowsy. Had a premonition that I’m gonna collapse if I don’t sit down soon, so was planning to get down at kallang just so I could sit down at the platform bench for a while.

Then before I knew what was happening, I felt my arms seized on either side by 2 men. I had apparently collapsed on the floor (!), and these 2 men were helping me up to a seat vacated by one of them.

The 2 men and the lady seating beside me were really helpful. She kept asking if I was alright. After composing myself, I asked her what had happened. She said I’d collapsed onto the floor, and that the 2 men were helping me to my feet and to the seat. I didn’t even know I’d fallen! It was a total blank-out man. Scary..

This was indeed a lesson in humility. Spider had always told me that he’d feel a bit giddy and nauseous after a donation, and I had always told him that I suffer from no ill-effects whatsoever. Ah..padan muka aku!

I’m ok now. in fact, my “blank-out, not feeling well” stage lasted for a while only. Must be cos I had to stand so long right after the donation. Didn’t happen to me before cos I was either driving (so no need to stand so long) or I was in the office (again, no standing for long). I had loads of water yesterday night, and I slept early. One has to pay due respect to one’s one body aye..

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In other news, we have finally, FINALLY, sent our invites for printing. We got ourselves in a mess over this cos our initial printer played us out, and the few trips to jb we made over the last few days didn’t give us what we wanted. Thank god it’s all settled yesterday. Alhamdulillah……

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In other other news, one of my projects is over. Yeyyy! We went all out after raya to get things done. And funnily enough, I lost weight after raya..and not during puasa. Hahh. Definitely cos of the long hours spent at work, the rushing here and there, and the many meals we cut short (or skipped!) to make sure everything went well. There was one hiccup unfortunately, but in all, things went well.

I hv to present at an event next Monday…but was just told that it was postponed. Yeyy!! Leaves more breathing room for me. Which means I’ll be free to take leave tomorrow :)