I need a Visual Studio 2010 mentor

Hello World, I want to write some Windows software for my work. I've done some very high-level stuff before (Rails, PHP) but nothing much lower, so while general programming concepts are no problem, their specific implementation in Visual Basic or other Windows languages is just too steep a learning curve for me to attack by myself. This isn't subsidized by my work, so I can't offer lots of money (specifically, I'm hoping to find somebody willing to teach me at the lower end of this budget range), but the project demands a stress level roughly comparable to "taking Grandma to the mall" and I don't need anybody with years and years of experience either. All I need is somebody who "gets" Windows programming, has some experience building and debugging software with Visual Studio (I'm using the free version of Visual Studio 2010 at present), and has enough understanding of how things work that they can offer reasonably detailed answers to my many, and occasionally annoying, questions. I'm a relatively fast learner, but I've found I don't study effectively alone when it comes to this sort of [login to view URL] may be the occasional hand-holding. I'm building a specific application that should serve as a good framework, so we can base the fee on a specific time period or on bringing me up to a certain usable point in that application. Any Visual Studio language is fine as long as you are able to teach it over Skype to someone who is, effectively, a complete beginner. This is something that would ultimately be used by my organization, so a measure of confidentiality is needed. There is one thing: I'm on Japanese time, so time zones may be an issue. I have a measure of flexibility on the weekends, but weekday sessions would have to be around 5 am Japan time. English is my native language but yours doesn't need to be immaculate as long as you are able to explain things on a theoretical level. I think that's it. I look forward to hearing from you.