On the 19th July 2018 I finally had my graduation ceremony, a year after I actually graduated from UEA. I was really excited to visit Norwich and meet all my friends again. Not only that but also seeing my lecturers and my personal advisor one more time filled me with enormous joy and happiness. All…
My final week at uni has officially ended. Here’s a breakdown of what I did: Monday – Progression meeting in the morning, followed by a late shift on Critical Care. Tuesday – Pack my suitcases to move out, followed by a quick nap and a night shift on Critical Care (final). Wednesday – come home…
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Recently, I got back my results from my Service Improvement Proposal. I got 82% which is a personal record. I also got 80% on my placement document, which is great. I am expecting to graduate with excellence, although I won’t know officially until September. I am doing my progression meeting on Monday morning next week…
My name is Georgia, I’m 22, and I’m in my final year of Nursing at the University of East Anglia (UEA). I went through the hassle of unpacking everything and tiding up all of my stuff on day one. I thought of buying a bundle for all the parties available during Fresher’s week, however my…
A while ago, I visited Thorpe Park in London with my husband to celebrate our 5 year anniversary since the day we met. I bought the tickets in secret (around £30 per person) and planned the whole journey myself without telling my husband where we were going. He was so surprised and happy when we got…
Currently, I’ve been busy with placement on a general Critical Care Unit comprising of an ICU and an HDU. I feel so grateful for having amazing mentors and working with super friendly staff. Firstly, ICU (Intensive Care Unit) involves one-to-one nursing care, as opposed to one nurse and 12 patients on a ward. Critically ill…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST: Lettuce and cucumber salad with a fried egg and mushroom LUNCH: Fried rice* with 2 eggs and a banana (*extra ingredient from my cupboard: rice) DINNER: Leftover fried rice with potatoes (sad) Today was quite sad as I forgot to do a food shop and Aldi closed at 4 pm. All I…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST: Porridge with cinnamon LUNCH: 2 scrambled eggs with a tomato DINNER: Potatoes curry and a banana I’m a bit fed up with the same ingredients but, hey, only 1 day left until I can finally do a normal shop without having to plan every single meal in so much detail. My 3-month…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST: Scrambled egg with fried mushroom and a tomato LUNCH: Crepes with strawberry jam and a banana* (*Extra ingredients from my cupboard: self-raising flour, sugar, strawberry jam and margarine) DINNER: Leftover curry from yesterday with a lettuce leaf The products I have left from the shop are about half a kilo of oats,…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST: Japanese omelette with veggies LUNCH: Banana and oats in milk with yogurt DINNER: Savory oats curry with aubergine in a lettuce leaf It was strange having savory oats but it wasn’t bad either. I made around two portions, hence I’ll have to finish the rest tomorrow, I think. I’m running out of…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST Pancakes* with blueberry yogurt (*extra products from my cupboard: self-raising flour and sugar) LUNCH Banana and oats in milk with yogurt on the go DINNER Fried mushroom with pasta sauce, salad and a boiled egg I feel like this challenge is really pushing me to be creative with the ingredients I already bought.…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST Porridge with cinnamon LUNCH Banana, salad and and a boiled egg on the go DINNER Curry with potatoes and aubergine I was really hungry after having lectures today, so I actually had my dinner around 16:00. Then I fell asleep all the way until 22:30, as I was doing one of my…
Today’s menu: BREAKFAST Raw porridge oats with blueberry yogurt LUNCH Roasted/oven baked egg in a large mushroom with potatoes and herbs DINNER Basic salad with two boiled eggs It’s 21:12 and I’m quite full at the end of the day. I’ve been drinking plenty as well. 🙂
Hey folks, Last time I started the ‘Live on £10 a week’ challenge and was doing quite well until I fell terribly ill over the weekend and still haven’t recovered fully. This week, (starting from Monday 15th May) I’m going to do the challenge again. So here is my shopping list: Aubergine (1)= £0.69 Bananas…
Recently, I read about the ‘Live on £10 a week’ challenge and I thought it would be quite easy for for me to achieve it as I don’t eat meat. To complete the challenge, I tactfully made a shopping list of all the ingredients I need. So here is what I bought: My strategy was to…
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