Am I ready for a home-based work?

Things have been great for me for the past nine days of 2012!

Careerwise, I got interviewed by Remotestaff.ph and luckily, I passed the initial interview via Skype. But since its a home-based job, I was deeply contemplating if I was indeed, ready to work from home...

The interview went well. You just have to create an account in their website, fill in the personal details and upload sample work and a voice resume (for them to gauge your English speaking skills).

You know, aside from giving up an opportunity for promotion and having physical interaction with real human beings in the work setting aka having a social life, you will also have to battle the temptation of lying to bed, watching tv and updating facebook/twitter feeds. Remotestaff.ph is a great company that offers great pay, day-time job but for jobseekers, be sure you are ready to commit to them because:

1. as an employee, you will log-in into their system, allowing them to monitor the websites and tasks you are doing on your computer

2. they are not liable for any tax, SSS, HMO and Pag-ibig deduction.

The great thing about working at home is your transportation and meals expenses may go done drastically therefore it enables you to save your time and money.

I prayed hard to God to help me decide whether to pursue this or not and HE answered me immediately. On the same day, I was offered by my boss to move into another exciting project, to research for web content for the daily e-newsletter sent out to the international spa community.

So I placed on hold my application with Remotestaff.ph until I get the hang of my new project with my current employer. 

I have a number of friends working from home and it suits them well, but for me I think I still have a lot to offer to the corporate world!

The No-Make-Up Look Experiment

Since I attended an all-girls college, we are actually required to put on make-up to look presentable at all times. After the holidays, I decided to try out an experiment, though unintentionally. Its to go to work without/with minimal make up on.

I have been sporting the minimal make-up look for the past two weeks and what I notice is that people started noticing "my other assets."

We often read that cosmetics are used to accentuate your best assets but I think, since it has been years since Ive gone out make-up less, people may have thought that is my normal face/look. My assets, instead of being accentuated, were concealed by my make-up.

I used to get compliments like, "i love your eye liner" or "where did you buy your lipstick, the shade is a trend now" but now the most unusual comments I receive from complete strangers include, "your eyes are pretty" (imagine i dont use concealers for my puffy eyebag). A friend of mine also commented "Iba ang ganda mo ngayon ha! (your beauty seems to be different now ah!). I got the most unusual comments of all time from a female co-worker, "ang sexy mo ngayon!" imagine that?! they started noticing my other assets!

Me with make-up on (with Jed my boyfriend and Jasmine, my niece)

Me, Au Naturalle

Hahahah! But oh well, I want to know what works for you and when do you feel most noticeable, with or without makeup?