A quick search at Merriam Webster.com of the word Googled yielded no results. I am not sure if there is such a verb but I guess there would soon be.
I saw the movie Hitch featuring Will Smith about a week ago. The movie was ok, funny actually but the reason it came to mind again was the idea that you can search for information about a particular person on the world wide web through google. The expression “did you google him?” was used in the movie, and that got me thinking. Is there any information out there pertaining to me???
So I tried it out. Surprisingly I found an entry, which I think actually pertains to me. I found my name on the website of the Philippine National Red Cross it was a List of Blood Galloners, people who have donated at least a gallon of blood in a voluntary capacity. I have been doing this thing since I was in college and I have exceeded the gallon mark long before the year indicated on the site but because of record keeping problems and my own lack of interest in the whole recognition thing, I was only included on the list in 2003 as a Blood Galloner. Even then I didn’t even show up at the recognition ceremonies.
A lot of people cringe or even faint at the very idea seeing blood and even more at the idea of donating blood. The size of the needle used in the extraction process also scares a lot people. But blood donation is one thing most of us can do and it takes very little of our time and its impact is immediate and certain. It is one act that actually saves lives.
What made me want to donate blood in the first place was a story I saw on TV about a little boy who was taken hostage by a deranged man. A policewoman who posed as a reporter was able to save the boy but she got stabbed numerous times in the process. The story had a tragic ending because the policewoman died in the hospital simply because they didn’t have enough blood on stock to replace what she lost.
To this day a lot of people die because of a perennial shortage in the supply of safe blood. This is a problem that most of us can help address. Blood donation is a simple act of giving that will give another person the gift of life. We may not have super powers but we can still help save a life.
Why not give it a try?
I saw the movie Hitch featuring Will Smith about a week ago. The movie was ok, funny actually but the reason it came to mind again was the idea that you can search for information about a particular person on the world wide web through google. The expression “did you google him?” was used in the movie, and that got me thinking. Is there any information out there pertaining to me???
So I tried it out. Surprisingly I found an entry, which I think actually pertains to me. I found my name on the website of the Philippine National Red Cross it was a List of Blood Galloners, people who have donated at least a gallon of blood in a voluntary capacity. I have been doing this thing since I was in college and I have exceeded the gallon mark long before the year indicated on the site but because of record keeping problems and my own lack of interest in the whole recognition thing, I was only included on the list in 2003 as a Blood Galloner. Even then I didn’t even show up at the recognition ceremonies.
A lot of people cringe or even faint at the very idea seeing blood and even more at the idea of donating blood. The size of the needle used in the extraction process also scares a lot people. But blood donation is one thing most of us can do and it takes very little of our time and its impact is immediate and certain. It is one act that actually saves lives.
What made me want to donate blood in the first place was a story I saw on TV about a little boy who was taken hostage by a deranged man. A policewoman who posed as a reporter was able to save the boy but she got stabbed numerous times in the process. The story had a tragic ending because the policewoman died in the hospital simply because they didn’t have enough blood on stock to replace what she lost.
To this day a lot of people die because of a perennial shortage in the supply of safe blood. This is a problem that most of us can help address. Blood donation is a simple act of giving that will give another person the gift of life. We may not have super powers but we can still help save a life.
Why not give it a try?
I actually ran across that page a few nights before I found out about your blog. Finally, someone who feels just as strongly about giving blood :)
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