Maia Chong’s voice is very relaxed as she retells a very stressful part of her life. She tells the story of when she donated blood for the first time at her high school. For someone who is very squeamish myself, I can sympathize totally with what Maia went through. She is very descriptive when she recalls the long needle puncturing through her abnormally large vein, it sent goosbumps up my spine. She adds sound effects very well to make me feel I'm in the gymnasium about to give blood with her. At the end of the ordeal she reflects that it was not so bad and leaves the listener with a moral of how everyone should donate blood. She almost guilt trips me into it, like my Jewish grandmother would. The simplicity of this piece makes it a very enjoyable listen.
Review of Blood Donation
Adrian Boyes
Posted on September 24, 2005 at 06:05 PM
Maia Chong’s voice is very relaxed as she retells a very stressful part of her life. She tells the story of when she donated blood for the first time at her high school. For someone who is very squeamish myself, I can sympathize totally with what Maia went through. She is very descriptive when she recalls the long needle puncturing through her abnormally large vein, it sent goosbumps up my spine. She adds sound effects very well to make me feel I'm in the gymnasium about to give blood with her. At the end of the ordeal she reflects that it was not so bad and leaves the listener with a moral of how everyone should donate blood. She almost guilt trips me into it, like my Jewish grandmother would. The simplicity of this piece makes it a very enjoyable listen.