Building a Professional Portfolio

Andrew just made an announcement recently about Ratified having its official blog. I'm one of its contributors where I will be sharing developments in the Aussie blogosphere especially those that get into the Ratified Australia winners list.

So far I've blogged about biggest Google AdSense earnings in a single blog post and the Aussie Bloggers helping each other.

I'm glad that we've finally come around in setting up that blog and hope to post more regularly through it.

On the personal side, when I got home more than a week ago, the kids have resume with their schooling again. I'm very happy that they have adjusted here in Adelaide. Now the family has its eyes on me asking if I'll ever consider working here or do my business since I spend half of my time there, physically and virtually.

For now, here are some things on my mind just to show that I'm exerting effort on this concern:

• I'm planning to launch my e-commerce and Internet marketing e-book in Adelaide and those who buy a copy will be able to attend my tutorial hands-on workshops to be done in one of the libraries this April.
• I shall be doing the same as well for my software requirements management workshop.
  

I guess my challenge is that I'm bent on living my life as a freelancer. Partnering with an institution who offers a variety of training is also one of my option but having the need to start with something to build a portfolio is a priority right now.

I'm still inquiring on how to go about payment acknowledgment here in Australia. In the Philippines, I registered as a professional and have been able to issue official receipt under my name recognizing payments received.

We'll see how it goes.

Laketree's Significant Blogger Award

I am a person who has two lives. In the Philippines, I am an e-commerce advocate while in Australia, my role is more focused on taking care of the family as my partner has a work contract here up to 2010.

I'll be back this weekend (after being gone for nearly a month) bringing all the wish list items asked for by the kids. To help me lose weight, my partner bought an exercise equipment through eBay so I hope that will work.

There are a lot of things that I need to contemplate and work on when I get back. This includes:

What book to publish?
It seems I have a trend of publishing a book every 4 years. I'm supposed to print a blogging book but its content can't seem to stand out as there's nothing groundbreaking that I can offer in terms of insight that has not been said by a prestigious blogger online.


However, the E-Champion award (photos) that I got last Tuesday is providing a much needed inspiration, to work on another idea that focuses on lessons learned in cyber legislation. Although I still need to do some market test to see if it indeed has a demand.

A time to grief
My niece passed away more than a week ago. Her operation did not go well as intended and she went through five (or six) heart arrest and eventually gave in.

I'm thankful being in the country during that stage. Somehow, the weird flight unavailability made sense. I'm supposed to return last January 31 but the only one available was February 16 that forced me to revise my schedule.

I got the chance to see Aleah twice prior to her operation. Despite her condition, she was very playful, affectionate, and engages in "repeat-what-i-say" games. The funny one I recall was when we say "pa-a" (which means foot or feet) but she will say it as "a-pa" (which means cone, as in ice cream cone). She also likes to be infront of the computer pretending to be typing something.

My sister, now back to work as part of her coping mechanism, her husband, and the rest of the family are still in grief with our niece leaving too soon. To the point that just thinking about it already makes me teary-eyed.

If plans will push through, my sister's husband will be in Australia within the year to work and my sister shall follow afterwards. Life goes on.

Laketree's Significant Blogger Award
What got me into writing this post was when I saw my blog as recipient of this touching award. I've been blogging about my life and observations in Australia for less than a year now. To somehow get noticed, part of what I did was track how Aussie blogs are doing using available measurement tools out there. I'm glad that these efforts are being appreciated. The Aussie blogging community, whom I noticed to be very patriotic to their country and fellow citizen bloggers, are also welcoming of other citizens and culture who are trying to establish some ground to grow on.

Australia A-List Bloglebrity

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