One of my ex students is in NUH now suffering from Leukemia. She is only six years old and i remembered her as a rather mischievous girl with Down syndrome. On saturday morning, a colleague and I went down to NUH blood donation centre to try donate our A+ platelets to her but unfortunately they found that i had low blood pressure (that i did not know) so not suitable to undergo the 1 1/2 hour procedure. Seems that i might faint while they had difficulties screening my colleague as her heart beat was too fast. Would have been a totally wasted trip but managed to donate a bag of blood. Almost couldn't do that either as I barely met the requirements due to my years spent in UK.

So... if anyone is reading this and your blood type is A+ and was not living in Europe during the 80s to 1996 (Mad cow risk), please try to help a sick little girl who really needs your platelets. Her name is Samantha Teo. Do let the nurse at the donation centre know that. I think the family will really be appreciative. Thanks.