It wasn’t a new year’s bloody resolution or anything. I was just trying to bloody create a new habit of making blood donation annually on my bloody birthday – now that I am back in Malaysia where I bloody speak the languages. So I bloody went to Pusat Darah Negara (The National Blood Center) a day after December 29th, 2010. Didn’t make it in time on THE day as I was bloody busy running away.
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But I was bloody turned away! And the reason being that I just had a bloody immunization shot. Good thing I mentioned it to the doctor who bloody interviewed me prior to him pricking my bloody vein. So I was to bloody come again three weeks after the bloody shot. I got the shot on my Mom’s birthday, December 20th.
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And so today I bloody went again. Guess what? I was bloody turned down again! This time the bloody reason was this:
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But this time, I was told I am not welcomed anymore as I was declared a bloody Permanent Deferral. Yes, I do feel bloody rejected. That’s for sure. But if that’s the way it is, that’s the way it bloody is, I guess. My blood donation is not accepted because I have lived in bloody Europe longer than six months between 1980 and the present. I bloody spent a year in Milan, Italy between 2001 and 2002. I was in bloody Moscow, Russia for a year and a half until July 2010.
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The explanation given by Dr. S Thayani at Pusat Darah Negara was long and bloody reasonable. But for now I just want to learn to accept it without trying too hard to bloody understand it. Maybe someday the ban would be bloody well lifted. Who bloody knows?
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Do I sound bloody perturbed? If I do, I am bloody sorry, Vladivostok!
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Questa è Enida 
1 time cuba nak derma darah di quebec, canada, kena reject, alasan, travel a lot dan pernah kena demam denggi, so forever and ever, dah tak boleh derma darah.
Hi Chibi,
Thank you for dropping by and dropping a line. Quebec pun sama huh? Ah well, yang bagusnya bila these people being strict is…we can almost rest assured that dalam darah tu tak ada traces of mad-cow disease ke, denggi ke, syndrome asek nak travel ke. Ya know? Hehehe. Walaubagaimanapun, bila kena reject diwaktu kita sangat bangga hendak menderma… terasa ‘terhina’ pulak. My sister kata, kita ada banyak lagi benda lain yang boleh derma. So don’t sweat it. Hehehe. I accepted sudah. 🙂
Smart cookie you!
Thank you for sharing, luv. Yang 1980 through 1996 tu for those who lived in Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and UK je. There is a new regulation that those who visited or lived in any European countries between 1980 and the present pun tak boleh jugak because of the recent mad-cow disease spread.
I don’t think it’s fair. What about those who lived in Europe for 5 months and a half who ate beef there everyday? I could have said I was in Milan and Moscow 5 months at a time too. Ah well, I guess there’s no point arguing against something we don’t truly understand. 🙂
Like my KaCher said, maybe I am not meant to live my life as a blood donor. Maybe God wants me to donate something else. And maybe the blood I have is only enough for me.
I am already thinking of donating beras to Rumah Orang Tua mana-mana and nak bawak my kids buat lawak menghiburkan penghuni-penguni. Hehehe jom?
but it stated 1980 through 1996…
i bloody googled the terms permanent deferral; bovine spongiform and Creutzfeldt-Jakob is the bloody culprit.