I went to donate blood after lunch today. It was almost eleven years ago when I donated my blood last. I had two reasons for the donation; one is of course to contribute to someone who needs blood and the other is to check my blood. My everyday life has been more or less lazy, especially after coming back to Tokyo and I was afraid of my health conditions. Fortunately, my blood had no problem and I gave 400ml of blood. I feel better because of the weight loss after the injection. One thing I was surprised at was that there were a lot of young people waiting for the blood donation in the center. I think that is because they can enjoy free drink and a fast-food hamburger there. This blood donation card, which is given to all the donor, has a point system in which we can get a present by gathering the points. It seems to be working to increase the popularity of blood donation.
I'm glad to hear that you don't have any problems on your health.
When I was a junior high school student,many friends went to donate because if you donate blood two times,you can get free movie ticket!!
Posted by: NOMI | November 14, 2007 at 05:26 PM
> NOMI
Thanks for your comment. A movie ticket is around 1,200 yen and you need to donate 400ml of blood twice to get it, so 800ml of your blood has the same value as 1,200 yen. It comes to that 1 little of your blood costs 1,500 yen and it is ten times as expensive as regular gas!
Posted by: mochi | November 14, 2007 at 06:15 PM
How interesting!
I hope blood is more worth than movie tickets...
Posted by: NOMI | November 15, 2007 at 03:18 PM
My husband and I need to learn to use WordPress. Jerry Stern, of Science Translations has carteed a new website for our military professional group, and we need to be able to keep the information up to date.
Posted by: Fainna | May 15, 2013 at 02:03 AM
This is way better than a brick & mroatr establishment.
Posted by: Bubi | May 16, 2013 at 05:00 PM