Mama's Online Helper

You know, Mama works in the computer almost everyday. She always click here, click there, type here, type there, e-mail here, e-mail there, imagine if you work like that!

So, I decided about helping Mama at work from now on.

Though my Kuya is Mama's perfect helper, (Kuya is a computer wizard) he's only interested in downloading and playing computer games with Papa, which are making Kuya's so called "microchip nerves" alive.

It's so hard to do Mama's kind of work. She has to listen to instructions in videos, then do it in a website, then listen to another video, then e-mail Joel or someone else, yadda, yadda, yadda.

It's hard for me but Kuya says it's as easy as a chicken-flavored lollipop.

I kept on thinking if I have to ask Kuya if he would do the role of being Mama's online helper or if I could do this role myself. I asked Kuya if he wants to earn money by helping Mama but he said "Maybe, maybe not. I like to earn money by playing games or something."

The way I like to earn money is by selling some of the stories I make

AND by helping Mama do her blog (Mama said I get Php25 for each article). I really love writing articles in Mama's blog, but I have a lot to do so sometimes, I have no time to write in here, because Kuya kept on begging me to play with him, Mama asks me to look after my baby bro, I get too bored so I watch TV, etc.

The way I help Mama is by writing some articles here and telling Mama tips on how to advertise her blog. But even though that's just a little way for helping Mama, I know that way means a lot.

Pinay Work at home Mom and Joel Christopher

As a Pinay work at home mom, it really is a struggle to find ways on how to earn online. Like I mentioned in a previous blog entry, I started to scour the net for a money making opportunity way back in 2000. Got really frustrated because during that time, being based in the Philippines meant that I cannot get a Paypal account or Clickbank.

I tried to be on the list of most of the professed guru and when I wrote to them about my dilemma, their response was usually not favorable.

I really wanted to give up!

But part of me still wanted to believe that it is possible for a Pinay to work at home.

I know that I need to have a mentor in order to succeed online. Not just any mentor, though. I need a Pinoy mentor.

Finally while browsing through some forum I saw someone commenting that Joel Christopher is a Filipino. I've encountered his name before through the newsletters and I knew how successful he is in his niche and even heralded by most as the masterlistbuilder. With such an American sounding name, I didn't have a slightest clue that he is a Pinoy.

Part of me knew that my quest for a Pinoy mentor has ended and yet another part doubted if he would even respond to my email.

Joel Christopher finally responded and I was ecstatic! That was in 2007.

He subjected me to lots of tests - most of which I never even had an inkling that I was being tested - before he agreed to be my mentor.

Learned a lot but not enough yet to succeed. Not that it was Joel Christopher's fault but it was mine alone. I drifted in and out of his mentorship program and lacked one important thing - FOCUS.

Right now I have already completed Phase 1 (yehey!!!) of Joel Christopher's Apprenticeship Program. Five more Phases or Levels to go...