Grin Friday

Shanteshima!  I just realized I haven't posted for a week now and it's Grin Friday again. :(

I have been lazy lately, too busy with online work and more work.  Have to catch up with escalating cost of living.  Guilty as well for failing to visit friends' sites.  Pardon me.

"Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.  No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:  never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."                      - Lord Chesterfield

I know, Lord.  But sometimes it is beneficial to become lazy after work; set aside for tomorrow what can be done today.

Imagine yourself being in this state after long hours of sitting down and pounding the keyboard.  Sooo relaxing!

Top Coupon and Deals sites

More and more coupon and deals websites are opening up to give opportunities to users to avail of great sales and good deals.  Couponing and offering deals provide more edge to local businesses such that they are able to promote their brand, upsell their products and services, and thus get more clients/customers.

I just completed a project of a client that wanted me to complete a list of about 20-50 coupon/deals sites with a page rank of 4 or higher.

I like to share this list with you.

The following top coupon and deals sites have a page rank of 7:

1.  http://shortcuts.com/

2.  http://www.livingsocial.com/

3.  http://www.gilt.com/

4.  http://www.pricegrabber.com/

5.  http://www.redflagdeals.com/

See more top coupon and deals sites with page ranks 6, 5, 4 at Freelancing page.

All about salad

I have been doing a lot of self-brainstorming lately as to how my blog site should progress.  I can't seem to settle what this blog should be, just anything what comes to my mind.  Well, "in a mother's mind" it is.

My online jobs are influencing me in terms of concept and content.  I understand, in order to increase traffic to your blog, you have to focus on one concept.  But I can't seem to follow the rule mainly because there are many things I like to post.  The top two in my list are homemaking and yoga.  I guess, I will just settle on these two.  They relate anyway.

As a start, I like to post anything about salad.  I am a vegan at heart and a passable cook but not a practitioner (well, not yet).  I had the chance to view food blogs (via my online job) and I like what I saw.  It actually gave me an idea what to do with my blog site.

I would like to make this site a good resource about salads.  I hope there will be no mind changing again.

Amazed by His love

Have you ever felt amazed by God's love?  Ever wondered "hey, I don't deserve His love", and yet here you are, been receiving so much blessings from Him that you just want to cry for happiness. God has been so good.  I really do believe He makes things happen at the right time.  He has plans for us that all we have to do is wait.  Don't rush Him.  If He says, "no, child, I have better plans for you," then heed. No father would ever harm his own child.  Just keep praying what you ask for, what you want to happen.  If it's not the way you want it, then it's not good for you because He has better plans.

It's been happening to me several times.  I now accept that He holds my life, all our lives, for that matter.

Lately, one employer left me a message to take a breather yet, stop submitting his work for awhile.  It is that no limit hour work that brings in money to me.  It was a sad message, in fact.  But guess what God has for me in exchange?  Three invite-only contracts which rate is doubled!  It knocked on my door just at the right moment.

It will keep me busy.  Thank you, God!

JOBGLING, what this blog will soon become

Mabuhay!  It's been awhile (21 days to be exact) since I last "visited" this blog.  Visited, meaning post new topics, upload new design or widgets, edit posts, etc. I've been busy with my online jobs at oDesk, 4 at the moment, which I prefer to give most of my time because these are hourly jobs. Meaning to say, no work-no pay.  oDesk has cool application (called oDesk Team) that contractors must log in, in order for hourly works to be recorded and desktops captured every 10 minutes.  That is why, chatting and/or emailing and doing non-related oDesk activities are discouraged, unless contractors want their gallivanting mouse caught.

Due to limited time to do other things, I thought of something to make me "hit two birds with one stone."  How is this? ... online JOBGLING, working on jobs and blogging at the same time. Right now, I'm doing researches on information sources for management/ corporate short courses and these are to be written in short but thorough discussions.  I will be uploading these here soon.  They will serve as direct sources, properly hyperlinked of course, for students/researchers of specific topics on management, workplace issues, bookkeeping, and the like.

Meanwhile, I am always facing my laptop - working!  Early morning yoga has become lesser now.  Matter of fact, I haven't given time yet to go malling, shopping, movie watching, "havana-ing", "tat-ing" (lol) - the things I love most.  I might reserve these moments with the right company when pleasure would be much more than expected (another lol).

I'm loving life!

I am now earning from home....

Seriously devoted some time (two full days) in January 2011 to finding and applying jobs at oDesk.com.  My first contract is (still active) on article rewriting.  The task is to rewrite articles, with given keywords and link, to compose 400-499 words and should pass against plagiarism or Copyscape. Fortunately, out of 27 articles I'd rewritten, only one didn't pass.  Arghh... from then on, I stopped rewriting medical-related ones.  It was fun.  I was forced to do quick researches  about the topic and to actually do original writing.  Just a minimal earning, but what matters most is that I learned a lot - information and web browsing/researching; and the importance of keywords, as well.

While rewriting articles, I didn't stop applying for other jobs. Perseverance paid off, I got a second contract and a third, after a month.

Now, I'm managing my time to do jobs on data entry/research and transcribing.  I decided to let go of article rewriting. I requested my employer to end my contract and to leave feedback on how I rate as rewriter as some jobs require certain feedback rating of contractors.

If you wish to stay at home but earning, try at oDesk.  The application is superb and easy way to track your earnings.  It is true, not a scam.

Glad to be back!

After more than a year, I am finally back to my refuge. I regard this blog as my way of expressing myself, share what's in my mind, actualize the learnings about the net technology, among others. There was a long pause because I was still learning; I forgot what google account I used for this blog (as simple as that LOL). Well, the disadvantage of having many "personalities" was yet working on me. Now, I am maturing, so to speak. Expect many things to happen here. Let's begin with how I start earning from home.