By: TJ Villanueva

As a first timer on this field I thought its just an easy thing and will not make my brain explode...My first week I have to adjust, my schedule 4am to 12nn and I had a hard time to wake up as early as 4am (sleepAdik) and that time I have other responsibilities to work out, I'm a Cashier/Manager at a videoke bar owned by my buddy, and right after my duty which ends at 12 noon, I have 4 hours to sleep at 5pm will go to videoke bar until 1am or 2am Hmmm...very hard to do 2 jobs 24 hours a day, well financially speaking, its good but my body and brain can't take it anymore so I have to give-up my cashier job and give enough time to concentrate being a virtual assistant.

And as time goes by the task are getting harder and harder, but i like to do things in the first time i just tell my self that it will be a new things to learn that will add to my skills. as for now well i have to be prepare anytime, cause every day is a new day for us VA's

By: Kristelle del Rosario

Trusted by millons, Basecamp is a web based project management tool developed by 37Signals. Since 2004, Basecamp is the worlds most respected brands, entrepreneur, non profits and small businesses depend on it to make their projects smoothly. It is dependable, secure and safe.

Yes, it is at the top! Use basecamp if you are searching for an online project management tool that is very easy to learn, record time, allows you to store files, and can be used to communicate with your clients.

Interface

The interface of Basecamp is very simple and clean, even when you have dozens of projects, each with information, files, updates and etc.

Time Tracking and Recording

Basecamp allows you to record the time. You can track time for everything and anything, Basecamp's open nature allows you to easily do this. Evrything is recorded. You can add later if you forget to add time, or change down the road because it is editable.

Collaboration

You can give your client an account and allow them to access to any number of projects. Incridebly easy interface for clients and development team! Send message through the simple messaging interface and everything is recorded. The addition of reply via email was a more recent that kicked up the collaboration factor. It eliminates need for client to login when using the system.
Plus, for any private message, you can make sure that you and your team can see the message.
Yuo can also attached a file!

To do's and Tasks

Assigning tasks to people in your organization or company is one of the most important parts of any project management system. Basecamp do well at this in the simplest possible way. You can create to do list, track time per list and specific task, and your team can exchange information back to you via comments on each task.

"Basecamp brings people together".

Welcome to the new and updated epvirtual Assistant's blog. We have updated our blog site and promise to update this on a regular basis.

We have been silent for quite sometime already and neglected to update the site due to our very hectic work schedules. So here's the latest news and updates from epVirtual Assistants:

New Team Members:
Last March 2009 we have hired new trainees to join the fastest growing Virtual Assistance company in Aklan. They have gone through 1 whole month of rigid training and all have passed their final examination:

Lets all welcome:
Timothy James Villanueva
Ruby Ann Romano
JP Franco
Christopher Yu






New Office Furnitures:

As a sign of how fast our home-based business is growing, we have recently updated all our office furniture. We said goodbye to all our kitchen tables, and torn computer tables and said hello to cool blue office desks and Ms. Elle's hot pink office table!

Lenten Season:
The week of April 6-12 is the Holy Week in the Philippines. Philippine Government declared the following dates as holidays:
April 6 - Holy Monday
April 9 and 10 - Holy Thursday and Holy Friday

epVirtual Assistants will be on a Friday, April 10 to observe the Holy week. Regular working schedule will be observed on Saturday April 11.

Summer Time is here once again and watch out for our company outing this May!

By: Imee P.Fulgencio

The word virtual assistant (va) is new to me when I'm not yet involved here in this work. I got a lot of ? marks in my head but it all vanished as I started as a trainee to be virtual assistant.

It gives a lot of learning experiences to me through trainings, team activities and attend some online workshops. As time pass by, I found myself pretty enough creating and exploring new things.

Being a virtual assistants is not an easy job. Why? I have gone through all these stuff. First, adjustment from my co teams (new acquaintances) 2nd, my time schedule (shifting), 3rd, I must be computer addict/savvy (whew, really i am?) 4th, how to cope up pressure for deadline tasks of our clients, and the last I must be open for all the newbies or flexible enough, ready to face new challenges, willing to learn and be consistent.

For now, I am glad and proud being a Virtual Assistant. Not because I am earning but, because I am enjoying my work. I love helping and be of service to busy people that can't organized even their personal emails. I meet new friends (worldwide) through online, updated with all the news and love to communicate by means of chat, plurk, facebook, etc.

To all VA's, I would like to say I am happy to be one!

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Fantastic Books
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Internet
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Internet Marketing
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Joint Pain
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Mortgage Loans
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Online Printing
Business Printing - Printerbees.com is a fantastic site for business cards,envelopes,calenders,stickers, notepads,postcards and lables.


State Auctions
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Matthew 6:25 --- " Therefore I say to you , do not worry about your life."

As Christians, we have no need to worry. Yet it's one of those things we are all guilty of doing. We often become concerned over matters that should not trouble us. There are two things we should never to worry about. First, we must not be anxious about things we can't control. Turning them over to the Lord in prayer, we should leave them in His hands. Second, we should never worry about things we can control. We are to stop our worrying and start doing something about them.

There's a missionary gave this excellent advice: " Let us give up our words, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into God's hand; and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about."

We should avoid worry, not because of the distress it brings to us but above all because it displeases the Lord. for the child of God, to worry is to doubt the heavenly Father --- and that's an insult to Him. He merits our confidence.

Placing our trust firmly in God and His promises will help us avoid the folly of worry.

The Bible gives a remedy.
By which we can be worry-free:
It's simply this: Trust God and pray,
Then watch the worries fade away.

"When we worry, we believe more in our problems than in God's promises."

God bless everyone

Philippians 2:5 -- "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus".

How would you define "the Christmas spirit"? Would it be a friendly smile between strangers, the sound of familiar carols, a tree with twinkling lights in sea of brightly wrapped packages, or just that good feeling you get this time of the year?

None of these elements capture the real meaning of the phrase. They represent feeling that maybe a response to the commercialism that distorts the real spirit of Christmas.

For me, CHRISTmas is a very joyous excitement if we only focused our attention on the event we celebrate, rather than on the celebration of the event. It is JESUS birth we are honoring and celebrating, and that always makes for a good Christmas. So, let celebrate Christmas not only on the month of December but let's celebrate it everyday. And let the Spirit of Christmas always be seen in all our living.

In Philippians 2, Paul described the God of heaven and earth as laying aside His divine glory and becoming our servant by dying on the cross for our sins.Then he urged us to duplicate that same mind of humble service . That's the true Christmas Spirit.

Have a blessed Christmas everyone!..