SSS Salary Loan

Hubby and I were talking about our financial budget in order not to miss any payments for our housing loan. Since he started working regularly four years ago, I suggested that he try to apply for the social security system salary loan. He is already qualified for the loan because he already had more than 36 months contribution.

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Yesterday, he inquired about it in their Human Resource department. I was asking him the details, what he did was to send me an email to check it out myself because he hates reading instructions. But I was too lazy to check it aside from that the file was in PDF format. I still need to download and install PDF Viewer in order to read the information. I was too busy to do it yesterday, and I hope to find time to download the forms today. So the office can immediately process the loan.

Talk about being a wife and the secretary too! I guess I have no choice but to do it because hubby would not bother to do it himself. He really hates filling out forms and reading instructions.

Freelancer Payment Proof

I totally forgot about the request for withdraw from my earnings at Freelancer.com; today I received the payment at my Paypal account. I am quite happy with my online work; no time pressure involved. But it can be addicting most especially if you see fruits of your hard work.

My First Adgitize Payment

I was so surprised when I saw the email of Adgitize; I thought it has something to do with my advertisement with them. But when I opened the email, it was my first payment from being an Adgitize advertiser. I invested $14 for 30 days advertising; I earned $19 for the month plus the $4 from my November earnings.

It was like hitting two birds with one stone, I earn money and at the same time gained more visitors for my blog too. So if you have not advertise yet with Adgitize, maybe it is time start your ads with them and see the effects.

Good thing Adgitize has the option of paying through Paypal instead of sending out company checks like what others do. It would be a big hassle for me because I do not have any valid IDs at all. I am too lazy to get new ones because I lost my previous IDs.

My Online Job Earnings

I was doing my daily blog hopping and I came across several blog posts about the earnings they had from their blogs and their online jobs. As a SAHM, it was quite important for me to help my husband get additional income for the family. I was very fortunate to have met good people who trusted my knowledge and skills and helped me have my own online job earnings.

I started writing for a common friend and we had a good start but then later on things have changed. Anywayz, I think it was a blessing in disguise because I was introduced to Fedhz (of the famous Fedhz Polvoron and Home Buddies). She later on introduced me to other Marces (I bet most mommy bloggers in the Philippines would know them)  like Jade of the Pinayblogger ; and they were kind enough to hire me for several writing projects.

I made a list of the earnings I made for 2010. I started writing last March 2010 and luckily up to present. I never thought I made this much; I wonder where did I spend all these earnings. Lol. We are talking US dollars here..whoa!

  $100 -   March to May from my previous client
      37 -   Blogvertise payment
   275.5-  Project from Fedhz and Jade
     38.7 - Freelancer.com tasks
   429.75 - for 2 ebooks 
   829.61 - for my full time job (September - December)
     40.00 - freelance assignment from Renz
     11.00 - from Jade tasks
     25.00 - blog contest by blankpixel
     20.00 - bonus from work
     95.00 - another bonus from my full time job
     14.00 - bonus from Fedhz ;actually she gave me a lot more ;-)

So roughly I made around a whooping $2000; oh my! where is that money now? My earnings is definitely not bad for a beginner like me. I am looking forward to a fruitful year and hopefully get an increase in my full time job soon.

I hope I get to inspire Mommies out there, to work even if they are at home.

Personalize It!

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We have seen a lot of things being personalized; from tshirts to mugs and lately I have seen a lot of company checks being personalized too. Before only personal checking accounts utilize personalized checks; lately more and more company would like to see their business logos on this very important transaction note of their business.

Here in our country, Philippines, personalized checks are not really that accepted yet. What people normally use are the checks issued by banks. How I wish I could have my own personalized check, I think it would be great to use a check with a very nice design. The designs are far much better than the boring check designs that are issued to us by banks.

I would love to put our family picture on the check to constantly remind me that I should save up for the future. Or the photo of my favorite actor or actress would be great design too. I am definitely sure my kids would love to see their favorite cartoon character printed on the check; hmm, not really a good idea – they might think that the checks are stationeries that they can draw on.

What about you, what could be your design for your personalized check?

New Philippine Peso

Have you seen the new Philippine peso bills? This time around, Ninoy Aquino is not lonely; in fact he is all smiles because he is beside the "Woman He Loved Three Times"; former President Cory Aquino. Another plus factor with the new 500 peso bill is the signature of their only son; President Noynoy Aquino.

On the reverse side of the new peso bills you'll see different scenic spots plus the animals that can be found only here in the Philippines.  These banknotes are called the "new generation" bills. However, a lot of people are criticizing the new banknotes. According to them there are a lot of errors in it.

As for my two cents; I like looking at the new banknotes. It is nice to see faces of the famous people smiling at you whenever you get hold of that 500 peso bill.

What do you think about the new Philippine peso bills?

Looking For Potential Writers

I feel blessed to be able to get a home based job. Thanks to my boss Fedhz for trusting me with a project. There are so many tasks to finish and a lot of deadlines to meet. At first, it was difficult to manage time; but since I have the gift to write (according to boss Fedhz.. hehe) I am able to meet the quota of four articles per day along side with an e-book project.

A lot of projects are coming in, and at present my hands are full. So Fedhz and I are in search for potential writers to become part of our team. It pays good and on a per project basis. It's difficult to look for writers, because writing will eat up a lot of your free time. But come to think of it, I think researching through Google is much better and productive rather than staying online in Facebook and updating your status every now and then.

On my part, I can still enjoy Facebook while researching. I would like to believe that I am an expert in multi-tasking. To those interested in earning extra income, especially now that Christmas is in the air. If interested, you can just leave your comments and I will be glad to tell you all the details.