needles and pain

"let me stick my needles in, and let me hurt you again" - seether (needles)

my company gave us all a free flu vaccination today.

what a choice time since i'm in the midst of recovering from the flu and just bout sick of being sick. i say it's the air here. that and the food. which is perpetually spicy.

anyhow it's funny to see how different people reacted to needles.

there were some who were cool as a cucumber. needles and pain? that's just a walk in the park. there were some who were jittery and chatting excitedly but ultimately decided that it really wasn't that painful anyway (ahem that would be yours truly). and then there were others who decided to pass on a free flu vaccination 'coz they couldn't bear the thought of a needle piercing through their flesh. ouch!

shockingly, it seemed like it was some selected men who fell in the third category. thus proving that women probably have a higher threshold of pain. then again we are the ones who go through pregnancy and childbirth which certainly is no walk in the park. i haven't experienced that yet so what do i know. but it must mean something if every other woman can go through it and still wanna go through it few more times. but ask some men to take a flu shot? nah that's just too much needles and pain.