Category: Great Finds

It took me thirty minutes thinking on how to start this blog post. Am I still feeling groggy with my yesterday's duty? Maybe! While preparing the intravenous fluid for my patient, he asked me how's my day. Candidly replied,"I'm swamped." To my surprise he gave me a statement I never expected from him,"Of course because you are a NURSE." "You are expected to be busy all the time. Ended the conversation with a smile. I can't find a better rebuttal speech to his on point assertion. You got to have the heart to care for you to stay on this... Read More

August is almost ending and I only managed to create two posts for my blog. What happened? I used to create as much as fifteen articles per month when my site started to gone live but now I'm struggling to finish even one post. Dear me! I'm always at work pretty mommas doing overtime shifts. I'll get bored anyway if I'll spend four days off doing nothing. That's what happens when you're away from your family where your mind will only focus to do more extra work rather than sulking in the dark. Am I correct or am I REALLY... Read More

Big drops of rain poured non stop this afternoon while walking around the city centre during my second rest day but I'm crazily loving every chilly wind hitting my cheeks. Gloomy weather excites me since I was a kid. God I miss this kind of coldness. I got my umbrella with me. Ever ready stroller as you may call it. Yay! Enjoying each step on a puddle of water then a little splash damping my shoes. Is that what happens when you got too many night shift duties for the month?LOL. Hey pretty Mommas July is about to end today,... Read More

Spending a quite sweaty morning alone doing my routine gym activity with my headset in place playing the same music all over again. Guess what song was on repeat mode? It's Get Ugly by Jason Derulo. I would prefer to listen to an upbeat song when I'm running as it distracts me from getting too concentrated with my exhaustion and inspires me more to push myself harder with every rhythmic stresses of the music. Amazing with how my endurance can now withstand running for an hour without breaks in between. I don't have plans yet of joining  any marathon. Just... Read More

Adrenaline coursed through my veins with layers of sweat covering my face running down to my nape as I kept my breathing steady, I did push myself harder and faster moving my limbs running on a treadmill. Forty minutes had passed but I was still running like I was chased by an unknown monster ready to grab my hair. I've noticed the old man curiously looking at me on when would I ever stop running. If I could see the bubble thought on his head, he must have wondered if I was a damsel in distress. My mind was frantic... Read More

The blazing heat of the sun was hitting towards my glass window when I woke up today around half past seven. I could overhear the cheerful voices of my neighborhood kids messing around with their friends. How nice it is to feel like a kid again! Back to reality here I am with my body wanting to curl up in bed for few more minutes but I was already hearing my tummy making a grumbling sound of getting deprived to eat. Get your sexy bum out of bed Mich! I seriously got no organized plan today! After two days of... Read More

The clock was ticking while I was patiently waiting in queue for my name to be called yesterday. Half an hour had past still I was on the same spot with my headset on trying to divert my attention to the music rather than giving in to my building irritation of waiting. After fifteen minutes more, a staff had seen me and thankfully he managed to cater my needs for the day. Though I was almost at the end of my rope, the attendant pacified my raging hormone by saying the word,"SORRY!" How often do we say this? Maybe once... Read More

Are you a fan of browsing Pinterest for some creative ideas of any do-it-your own projects? I am as well a patron of Pinterest especially when it comes to making a handmade output for parties or just simply decorations at home. However, this time, I am proud to make one of my DIY for my room display without searching for any suggested concepts online. Yes, I made it! I promised to myself that every rest day I should accomplish something worthwhile not only having a siesta for all day. That's not productive, is it? I love to lazily curl up... Read More

This chilly breezing night with raindrops heard from my window pane sets my mood to trigger my solitude time. Let's start writing working fellas! I've just finished reading two Japanese Manga compilation of horror stories by Junji Ito this week. Isn't that obvious how much I loved them enabling me to completely read the books in three days to be exact. Crazy Manga fan reader, I am! A co-Cebuano and a Filipino nurse I recently gotten to know with happened to post his new purchased book online. Without any sense of hesitation, I asked Joseph questions as to where he... Read More

While reading some articles online I came across with the  famous verse stating,"Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece." I couldn't agree more to the message for I share the same sentiments when it comes to how I spend my day especially during rest days. Just to clarify being idle is different to getting a good rest after a tiring job. Idle for me simply means choosing to be lazy to do things which we are supposed to be doing. It's like living with no purpose, opting to be unproductive if you can certainly  do the... Read More

How should I start describing my day? I honestly don't how to say it in words. It was a mixture of memory provoking events, I guess. Would you like to know why? My morning started with something incredible. Yes, I successfully enrolled myself into a gym. I never knew it's going to be that exciting, seriously. I wanted to release all those negative emotions of mine hidden somewhere through sweating. Getting exhausted made all my worries and all the aches gone for a moment. You should try one as well. Morning was quite productive. Yey! The business is called Nuffield... Read More

If we have what we call as Divisoria in Manila or Carbon in Cebu, we also got what we call as Carbooth in Hull. I'm so happy when I knew about it pretty mommas who also love shopping. Yey! Carbooth is just a parking space where people selling different kinds of merchandise would meet during Wednesdays and Sundays to display their items. Some of the products were brand new and others were used items. It's like they are doing a garage sale to clear up their houses with unused things. Decluttering project would best describe it. I'll let you see... Read More

A sunny morning came to welcome my Saturday but I would prefer to stay at home even if it's sunny here. Why? Because it is still freezing. Looks can be deceiving guys. I can attest to that now upon experiencing the moody weather of Hull. A minute you can see Mr. Sun then before you noticed it, the coldness will shiver every hidden fat muscle I have here. (Lol) Bet some of you are enjoying the beautiful summer in another part of the world. I miss that! Instead of going out this morning, I better update my Akynfullhouse blog with... Read More

"Take a deep breath, hold it for two to three seconds then exhale." It's how I relax my tense self in facing pressures. Well, most of the time it works for me. Thanks Lord! I'm not sure what shall I do if that only technique I have would fail. Lol. Today is a weekend.( Happy dance) It means a free day for me, rest day, a RELAX time, whatever you call it. It's my favorite day. No work to think about. No English speaking day except for writing this post in English. My mouth is only dedicated to speak my... Read More

Hello pretty mums. I've finished my duty at three in the afternoon which would mean I got enough time to update akynfullhouse. Yey, finally I can relax my tired body. That's quite a blessing to us working moms to have our ME time, isn't it? Let's talk about something we all ladies love to do. What do you think would be our discussion for today? I want to share you about my first shopping experience here in Hull. Pretty exciting topic, I know. One benefit of working in places away from the city centre of England is the fact that... Read More

I felt a bit blue earlier today while doing nothing at home. Have you gone through such down moment too? Maybe because I'm far from my family. ALONE for the very first time in my life. I'm having an adjustment crisis. It's not an easy road indeed to be an overseas worker. My schedule was free this morning. Hooray! The negative side of being idle is you don't have anything to make you busy. It became an opportunity then for me to realize I have nobody in my family to spend my free time with. Awful, isn't it? Reality sinked... Read More