As I have mentioned earlier in this post, I went back to Tampin last weekend for an event - Rotary Day.
Rotary Day is basically an annual event organized by Rotary Club of Tampin on the last Sunday of September every year. It was held since the late 80’s and 2005 marked the 17th Rotary Day.
It is an event participated by nearly 1000 people from the nearby towns and is organized by 30 members only. Of course, it is helped by their family members and Interactors on the day itself. The point is, to organize such even with limited people is not an easy task.
Rotary Day includes :
- Marathon (Only during the early 90’s.)
- Children art colouring contest
- Blood donation campaign (There is about 200+ donors every year.)
- Senior citizen project (All the elderly will be given “angpau”.)
- Road safety campaign
- Anti drugs campaign
- Medical check up
- Carnival games
- Lucky draws
- Aerobic dances
- Free soft drinks / beverages
- Free ice creams
- Etc
It is one of the biggest event organized by Rotary Club of Tampin and the club has gained a few awards for this project. However, after organizing it for so many years, the quality of the event is starting to go down hill. Being a helper, Interactor and a participant of this event since the 8th Rotary Day, I notice the difference every year. However, they still give their very best every year. Cheers and keep up the good work.
Some facts (funny?) whenever I am about to donate blood.
- My blood is O+.
- I started donating blood when I was 18.
- The first packet of blood was donated in my university - MMU.
- The nurse will ask me to weigh myself twice because my weigh is 3 digit.
- The nurse thinks that I am about 90 to 95kg. -rolls eyes-
- There was a nurse who said I was cute. -rolls eyes-
- I have 3 blood veins on my left hand, easily visible and accessible.
- I have never been poked twice to find my blood vein.
- I take slightly more than 3 minutes to “donate” 450ml of blood. (Average is 4 minutes.)
- Most of the time, I never eat anything before I donate blood. (I lied.)
- Most of the time, I never sleep more than 5 hours before I donate blood. (I lied. In fact, I did not sleep at all before I donated last Sunday.)





Have you donated your blood? If no, please do so. It saves people’s life.
For more pictures of Rotary Day, please visit my photo blog at http://jasonmumbles-photos.blogspot.com/. Broadband preferable.