Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I found a stay-at-home job

Finally, I have landed myself a work-at-home job. I dunno, I think I have changed a lot since my ICT days. And right now is the time of my life that I'm working the hardest. Really. I have a full-time day job and I also have a part-time job at night. I am working as a Virtual Assistant right now. I am still getting myself comfortable with the job, considering that I have no secretarial experience or what not. But I'm having fun. I also feel lucky that my Boss is very cool and considerate.

The On Demand Global Workforce - oDesk


Guys, I f you want to try this just click on the banner ( you'll be my referral, lol, then click on "create an account" then there'll be three radio buttons there, if you are looking for a job, click on "freelance provider".


Looking back, two years ago, I couldn't imagine myself sacrificing this much. Working the entire day, hurrying back home, login to computer, put on the headset make some phone calls (....again. since that is the same thing I do at the office, but not much really when I'm home. Just a few actually...for right now). I hope I'll do better at my Virtual Assistant role in the coming days. But I'm really glad I found Odesk, because it gives me the chance to earn more without leaving home. I am so much of a homebody to get a second job somewhere else that would require a couple or more commuting, I have so much of that since college and even until now, traveling back and forth from Binan to Makati, and Binan to Sta. Mesa and (vise-versa) when I was still in College. 4 out of my 24 hours, I'm on the road ( but not driving my own car. :) ), I don't want to spend another hour to go another place for my second job, I just want to head back HOME.

I am probably getting older. Lol. Really, I think of a lot of things right now. Future. PARENTS. And that is A LOT, I tell you, just thinking about it, and worrying what's instore in the future.. jeez, I feel tired already. For the past year, I have felt alone. And an only child. But I'm not an only child, so that's the problem. When you feel that Big responsibility in your shoulders and no one's sharing it, it feels heavy specially when you know that someone should be sharing that with you. I'm just so glad she's back. I feel better now. Pressure still there, coz even if she's back, I'm not sure if we have the same goals and plans for our parents. I hope she's thinking about them too. But I'm feeling more better compare before. My parents, they are not really dependent on me, because they still have their own income. But I don't want them to work anymore, our lifestyle isn't luxurious, we can't afford to be luxurious basically. But we probably have a little of a lot of things, but not luxurious. Maybe that is what's missing. I wanna treat them to a fancy restaurant. I wanna save enough money so that I'll be able to buy them Plane ticket to Hong Kong, do a little shopping, go to Disneyland. It really sounds simple and probably shallow, but I wanna do it for them. Because I know, even If they can afford it, they won't do it for themselves. I think about giving them these little luxuries, Because I know they never get to enjoy the money they were earning before, since me and my sister were both in school. It' s now Payback time right? But I don't have enough, that's why I'm working extra harder right now. And what I'm really planning is to save up everything that I'm earning in Odesk until I have enough for house renovation because we're gonna be moving maybe by the end of this year. I'm planning to have Singapore "tour" hehe. I just want to go out of the country. Just a short short break then I'm gonna save up on something else, for my parents "luxuries". I am really praying to GOD, it won't take me years. :) The money that Im currently earning goes to all the bills we have to pay, monthly rentals, electricity, mortgage, etc.. ANd that is just a few of what I'm worrying about. What about the future? I'm worry freak, I know. But these are just my short term goals... I'm really hoping to get another project in Odesk. Something that I can do at my own time convenience, at least I can do it during the weekend.. I'm praying.


The On Demand Global Workforce - oDesk


Guys, I f you want to try this just click on the banner ( you'll be my referral, lol, then click on "create an account" then there'll be three radio buttons there, if you are looking for a job, click on "freelance provider".

It took me awhile before I found this work-at-home job. I've been doing a lot of researches about stay at home jobs, most of them they will post jobs on the internet saying it's a stay-at-home kind of job, but once you applied you get this long email with all the instructions, including the amount you will have to pay for training and what not. Really? Do we really have to pay right away? My common sense told me that It was a scam. The hassle of investing money on the internet if there is not any Platform to protect you is that there is nothing that can guarantee you a refund if in case they didn't remain true with what they were offering you. I have a friend who tried paying $30.00 for a data entry job, but all she got was E-books, she said it was very Educational, but then she wasn't given any job. JUST E-BOOKS. And this particular company, or website promised a refund with in 30 days, but they didn't issue any refunds anymore. So who is at the losing end there. My friend said it's OK, but in Philippine Peso $30 is not OK, thats equivalent to about PHP1500, and that would mean probably 2 days worth of earnings of a person working somewhere in Makati. And 4 days worth of earnings of some working in a Provincial area. It is still a hard earned money to be lost that way. Too bad.




Saturday, March 15, 2008

Miki: On-the-job training





































Trojan's Team Building at Music 21 Malate"

Let's talk about Mai..I don't really know what's got into her. :)

One day at the office, she just started singing that song non-stop. It was only later that I learned that she was actually preparing for her song number in our upcoming Team Building in one of the music bars in malate. Dang! I didn't know. So don't be surprised to know that maybe all of us were singing that song already by the time we get home after work. LSS? Damn right. :)






"The Art Of Letting Go"

OOOOOOHhhhhhhhhh

Put away the pictures.
Put away the memories.
I put over and over
Through my tears
I've held them till I'm blind
They kept my hope alive
As if somehow that I'd keep you here
Once you believed in a love forever more?
How do you leave it in a drawer?

Now here it comes, the hardest part of all
Unchain my heart that's holding on
How do I start to live my life alone?
Guess I'm just learning,
Learning the art of letting go.

Try to say it's over
Say the word goodbye.
But each time it catches in my throat
Your still here in me
And I can't set you free
So I hold on to what I wanted most
Maybe someday we'll be friend's forever more
Wish I could open up that door

Now here it comes, the hardest part of all
Unchain my heart that's holding on
How do I start to live my life alone?
Guess I'm just learning,
Learning the art of letting go

Watching us fade
What can I do?
But try to make it through
the pain of one more day
Without you

Where do I start, to live my life alone?
I guess I'm learning, only learning,
Learning the art of letting go.

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


[ www.azlyrics.com ]


Then next we have the Team Pork and Vinz ( our team is subdivided into 4 teams for out battle of the Teams where the losing Team after 4 weeks will be punished by a song and dance number.

Pork and Vinz composes of Vinz Girl ( long haired girl), Ruby ( white blouse), Mommy Che (on Vinz's right) and Joel (the SONGER).








Friday, March 14, 2008

Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson




Catchy. Very cute. Funny. Laid-back. Oh I love Eric Sink-Lair.










"When you try to kill yourself nine or ten different ways and none of them works, obviously you're meant to be around for a while."
-Betsy Taylor (Undead and Unwed)



Sunday, March 9, 2008

Dj Mo : My daily morning chuckle


When my work schedule shifted from 7am-4pm to 8.30am-5.30pm, I have started experiencing heavy traffic in the morning on my way to work. Mind you, I do commute everyday. So it's a tough one, considering that I'm about two hours away from Makati. Whew. Anyway I have my Mp3 player to keep me company, but you know even if you have 1000 songs in there and even if you haven't really listened to all of them yet, you still get bored. And it's even boring when you're stuck in the traffics and when you're thinking you're going to be late and there will be a penalty of Php 5/min (now that is a big penalty right?? can't do much about it, so... good thing they decreased it to Php 1.00/min, still very elementary right? :)
hehe.

Then one day, I decided to listen to FM rather than listening to the songs I've downloaded. Then I tuned in to magic 89.9 . I'm very much aware of the fact that Mo Twister is a DJ in Magic, but I didn't know his on-air time schedule, so I didn't know I'd be listening to him. He sounded rude sometimes (rude in a sense that when he doesn't like the people he's talking to, he'll just cut him off on-air)-- that is just my opinion. If you are someone who is very appreciative of other people making time just to call you on-air, or just basically takes time to listen to you, then it'll be very hard to turn then down much less to hang up. That's why I find it very rude of him.

Pretty contradicting, I still listen to him everyday since then.
I make sure that I'm tuned in as soon as I get on the bus at 7.00 am. I have to give it to him, he's really good. He's a fast thinker. Very smart. Opinionated. And yes, very talkative. Well that's where he is good at, and that's what he does for a living.

Then last night I was watching late simply because It's my rest day from my full-time and part-time jobs. Like I said I was watching TV very late last night, I was scanning TV stations to go look for a better program, then I chanced upon SCOOP hosted by Janice de Belen in Net25. Then i remembered earlier yesterday I saw that Mo will be gracing the show. So I stayed tuned in to Net25, I was glad that I'll be watching Mo since I'm not able to watch his other TV programs because of my schedule.


I didn't like MO. Never liked him. With all those controversial issues about him. Scandals? maybe. I kind of judged him according to what I've seen on TV for the past years, especially with his relationship to his girlfriend Bunny Paras. It's ages ago, but the only thing I can remember is that he was accused of being an irresponsible father. I hate men who are irresponsible fathers. But who knows, he was being misjudged or something. I don't really know. But somehow, somewhow, after watching him last night, I can see the goodness in him despite what he is.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

I'm getting frustrated

I am really getting frustrated over this computer problem that we have. Such a hassle. just whatn I've started my part time job, did it start acting up. Tomorrow, everything should be settled by tomorrow, or I don't really know what to do anymore. Gush!

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