WAHM WannaBe....(I Now Am, At Last!)

I signed up for oDesk June 6, 2008 while I was on my maternity leave. Actually, I've read a lot about freelance jobs and oDesk before in one of the forums I'm a member of but I didn't jump in right away because of two reasons. First, I was still skeptical (and hurting) about working and earning from home. You can't blame me. I had been scammed once. And it ain't something I wanna go through again. Second, I was still skeptical (and hurting) about working and earning from home... No, there's no typo here.. I hope you get my point. Good thing I conquered my fear or else you won't be reading this post :) So how did I go about my (love) affair with oDesk? I went on polishing my profile after signing up. It was difficult at first I didn't know what should I put in there. I frequented the community, read everything there is that I need to know, and kept notes on tips about getting jobs. My first assignment with an Australian buyer was a data entry job. Data e...

Many people especially mommies are looking for a new career where they can work at home and still make money. With this a number of websites pop up almost everyday to offer work at home jobs. However, there are hundreds work at home scams floating around on the Internet that you need to watch out for. How do you get yourself protected from these scams? You only need a few things to go by when looking for a legitimate work at home job. First, be wary of jobs that promise you can get rich quickly. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Beware of job ads that ask you to send money first to receive information about the job or ask you to buy something to begin the program. Most legitimate job advertisements do not require an investment on your part except your effort. You are looking for a job, right? So you shouldn't be paying them to get the job in the first place. Shady work at home schemes usually require no experience, yet they guarantee that you will make a large sum. ...

I want to work from home. I have stated the motivating factor why I want to in my previous post. I have been in the look out for some online income generating opportunities for quite some time now. Fortunately for me I have found an online freelancing site where I could work from home at my own time and pace three months ago. I know this is just the beginning. I still have my regular 9-6 job outside. Hopefully I can really work from home for good so I can have more time with my family. When my friends knew about my "discovery", questions like "Isn't it a scam? Is it really possible to make money working from home?" arose. Well, I could not blame them. I have had a not-so-nice experience with home-based data entry before. What usually comes to people's mind while thinking about ways to make money online with a work at home job, is the scare of scam, especially so if they register the program by paying money. It has been said over and over again that if an on...

I'm back on my feet..I'm back to blogging...and I hope it's for good :) I kinda thought I might as well revive this blog of mine instead of creating another blog. I missed writing a lot. I couldn't deny the writer in me, I could not suppress it for a long, long time heheh.. So, let's start backtracking the past events of my life after this TI thing. Where have I been? I've been to London to visit the Queen. Oh, no! Definitely, not :) I'm just around the corner, trying to be a wahm. Working from home is really my dream since I now have three little angels to look after. I'd love to be with them most of the time, to take care of them, to pamper them, to nurture them as they grow. It always hurts me every time I go to the office and my 5-yr son and 3-yr old daughter beg me not to. You see, my kids are so demanding of my time. They should be, right? My son would say, "Mommy, please don't go to work. Stay here." My daughter would then second the...

l Sa totoo lang, I am having doubts if "badmouthing the company" is the only and real reason why Typeinternational deleted my account. As I was browsing the net yesterday, I came across this message board and saw this post from an ex-member Alican http://www.voy.com/113109/695.html Ganyan din kasi situation ko with TI dati. I had an August check of $124 - they said was sent on August 18, 2006 - which I never got hold of. I then assumed it was stolen in the mail and blamed our local post office. http://tinyurl.com/26grl8 http://tinyurl.com/34f2ea Then on October, I had another check worth $118 that again, TI didn't send. This time around, all Philippine checks are being sent to a PHil franchisee in Manila first, then the franchisee will send it to the addressee through courier. When I inquired Mr Bell about my check, this is what he said in an email: http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8037/ti1pi3.png I then emailed the franchisee and forwarded Mr. Bell's email. To my ...

...accused me of "badmouthing" them. They didn't send my two December checks (supposed to be sent together with other members' that arrived on the 21st) a total of $368. I still have over $100 check scheduled for payment Feb 1st 2007, but wala na rin yon... I sent an email to the admin asking politely for a reason but I didn't get any reply. I then forwarded the same message almost every two days to all of them - admin, Kym, typist center and customer service - until the first few days of January. CS replied on the 30th Dec that she has nothing to do with pays, everybody's on xmas vacation, and I have to email admin@typeinternational.com, which I had been doing of course. On the 8th, Kym replied and said "I have emailed Robert again to see where they are", referring to my December checks. But I waited in vain as there was never an email from Kym after that. On the 24th I inquired about my status as my commissions page was blanked out and I could no l...