My Life, My Story

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  Planning on collaborating with a friend, so I tried out my hand in logo-making for our page. This is a time-consuming task for me, considering that I’m not a graphic artist (LoL).  I also had a bit of help from my Photoshop mentor, Norman Bitancur. If you are in need of a graphic designer, feel free to send him a message.

I used Adobe Photoshop CS6 for the leaves and text. Adobe Illustrator CS6 was used when I make the infinity sign. Tutorials I used to make this possible are:

Text: Photoshop Gold Text Effect by Photoshop Essentials

Leaves: How to Create Feathers in Illustrator by Teela Cunningham (although I did it in Photoshop CS6).

Infinity sign: Illustrator Beginner Tutorial: Infinite Loop by Illustrator for Beginners

Our team still cannot decide on a logo. Which one would you prefer? Do you have suggestions on how to make the logo better? Let me know at the comment section!

FuseNex Logo Planning on collaborating with a friend, so I tried out my hand in logo-making for our page.

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Tips on Taking Care of Your Clients

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Gadgets You Can Use to Make Your Work Stylish and Comfortable

Gadgets You Can Use to Make Your Work Stylish and Comfortable

  Very rare can you come across a VA who has an innate fear of technology. A freelancer should be knowledgeable on what tools that he/she can use to make a task easier and simpler. Here is the list of gadgets that help lessen the complexity of your load and finish the day on a lighter note.

Bluetooth keyboard and mouse

I don’t like getting tied to my tasks – literally. A Bluetooth keyboard and…

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Weekly Meal Prep for the Busy Freelancer

Hi everyone! Here's a weekly menu tip that help make sure you're well-fed for the week!

You have a task due Friday, but your boss suddenly said he wants it on Thursday evening. Your daughter suddenly remembers they have a project due the next day. Your nanny as gone AWOL on you and your husband is on a business trip. And dinner is due in an hour. Aaaargh! You did not sign up for this! Where’s the exit!

Make ahead meals can take out a huge amount of stress from your day. I used to…

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Testing

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Please Support Our Page!

Please Support Our Page!

Hi, everyone!

We’ve just launched an online service that will help clients connect with Filipino VA’s. We’re still finalizing the details for the website but will definitely post updates once everything is ready.

For now, I humbly ask for your support. Please like and follow our page!

Thank you!

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Put Your Hands Up! Triggers for Meniere's

Put Your Hands Up! Triggers for Meniere’s

Hold your horses, cowboy! We’re not talking about guns here now. We’ll be talking about what makes Meniere’s Disease (MD) rear its ugly head up when you least expect it. Once it says hello, you’ll be experiencing most if not all of these symptoms: (more…)

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Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet

Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet

Obesity is an increasing health concern all over the world. Everyone is looking for ways to lose weight, and the Paleo diet has increased in popularity over the years due to reported success.

Paleo diet (a.k.a. Paleolithic or hunter-gatherer diet) was created by Dr. Loren Cordain in 2002. The principle is simple: you go back to the way food was prepared during the caveman years. Everything was…

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Character Eye Descriptions: The Window to Your Story

Character Eye Descriptions: The Window to Your Story

A good resource for describing eyes in a story. Good thing I came across this as I’m beating a deadline…

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Battling Against Ménière's

Battling Against Ménière’s

I once was what I would call a “super mom” way back 2009. I would write for my clients in Upwork, and take care of my family at the same time. My work day starts at 7am and ends up at 2am most of the time. 11pm is already early for me. I can write non-stop and finish tasks fast with a high batting average for accuracy. That all ended when I got struck by Ménière’s in 2011.

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When and How to say NO - for additional workload

When and How to say NO – for additional workload

It’s can be hard to say no for a couple of reasons: you need the money, you’re shy or intimidated to say no (typical of us Filipinos), or you’re just a plain workaholic.

Still, saying no actually can do you more good. If you have a great boss, he or she may actually admire you for standing up to yourself. Contrary to what most of us know, there are employers who would rather to have you be…

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Why I Want To Be A Virtual Assistant?

Testing reblog

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Perfect Pictures for Free!

Perfect Pictures for Free!

I was browsing through my reader when I saw this post from Thomas Bishop. I’ve been trying to figure out how to look for free images to use for my WordPress blogs for days now. You can search and upload free images from Pexels to your blogs using your Android or iOS – and even from your desktop WordPress blog editor!

Check on the link above to watch simple-to-follow video tutorials on how to do…

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Protect Your Eyes from Digital Strain

Protect Your Eyes from Digital Strain

We all love our digital devices. In fact, most of us touch our phones and gadgets first before even saying good morning to the person sleeping next to us. These wonderful inventions have grown thinner due to advancing LED technology, and they are lighter and brighter than they were before. However, these devices give off harmful blue light which can lead to digital eye strain.

What is Digital Eye…

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Close to 3,000 Words and Counting I think, or maybe I know that I am going overboard with this short story writing... Project should be 8,000 words, yet I am no where near the climax...

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Now Public in Upwork Finally, after being set to private by Upwork (which, ironically, they did minutes after I started sending out applications on Thursday) due to years of inactivity, my profile is now active. Hopefully, hopefully, clients will now start offering me their projects once again.

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It’s Ghostwriting Time Finally landed a job in Upwork! I have to get this project done fast - and the best way for me to do it without compromising quality is to start writing.