Shu Uemura Eyebrow Manicure Review

I have thick and dark brows so I never needed to use any make up on them before. I only needed to groom them. But then one day, while on my way to buying some bread in French Baker, I saw this attractive booth of Shu Uemura and it was blocking my way to French Baker  hehe. So I stopped for a while, and ayun na, make up shopping!!! 

The Shu Uemura girls let me try the Shu Uemera Eyebrow Manicure in Honey Glaze. At first, I was hesitant because my brows might get even darker. But when I applied them, ang ganda ng effect! It held my brows in place and filled the part of the brows that grew unevenly. It’s very very easy to use. The applicator looks like a mascara but it’s a bit shorter. You just have to brush it on your brows without any worry na it might not be pantay. The look is very natural as compared to when you use a pencil or brow powder which I never used. I got several compliments on my brows because of it.

It also lasts for a long time kasi the first time I bought it was December of 2012. Until now, nagagamit ko pa din sya but the other day when I was in Trinoma to buy some grocery, I dropped by Shu Uemura to buy a face powder, pero ayun napatingin tingin pa ko ng ibang make up and I tried on the Eyebrow Manicure in Tawny Gold naman. This shade is even better than Honey Glaze. I had no choice but to buy it hehe The color is perfect for those who have colored hair. Honey Glaze kasi is a bit lighter lang than black (light black haha), but Tawny Gold is medyo light brown. Nakaka soft ng effect sa face. Ang ganda lang.

It’s also waterproof so kung ano inapply mo in the morning, kahit makipagsapalaran sa sikat ng araw, it won’t smudge. Perfect natural looking brows pa din the whole day!

And the best part about shopping in Shu Uemura is they always give freebies. I bought the eyebrow manicure and a compact foundation and they gave me 2 50ml bottles of cleansing oil and few sachets of liquid foundation. Ang saya diba? :)

Understanding your Meralco Bill

So, I have a new branch for Enzo’s Shawarma. 1 month kami nagrerenovate and in that one month, the only electricity we consumed was for lights and siguro ilang araw may nagdrill. We haven’t opened yet, but we already received our fist bill which is 2800 pesos. Binayaran na lang namin pero the oc-oc in me awakened. Wait wait wait! Bakit ang laki ng bill ko e wala pa ngang gamit dun? Walang freezer, ref, electricfans etc. Napraning ako! Naisip ko na baka may naka-tap! Or baka may previous balance tapos ako ang nagbaya. But when I checked the bill there's no previous balance naman and tama din kasi mababa lang ang konsumo, 19 kwh lang. Actually, hindi ko din alam kung mababa ba or mataas tong 19kwh kaya I compared it to our meralco bill sa bahay and sa dating branch ko. Sa house, our consumption last month was 988 kwh. Our bill is 12k pesos. Syempre compute ako. BILL divided by TOTAL KWH used = peso rate per kwh.

So example:

MERALCO BILL = P12,740.68

TOTAL KWH = 988 (your consumption for the month)

P12,740.68 / 988 = P12.89

Meaning for every kwh na magamit mo, you multiply it by P12.89 tapos yun na ang bill mo for that month.This is the easiest way to compute. Like if nagpapa lease ka, for you to compute your lessee’s electric bill, kukunin mo lang yun rate per kwh tpos multiply mo sa naconsume nya (which you will get by subtracting the before and after reading sa submeter).

So, if we apply this equation to my first bill sa new pwesto ko, kakabaliw! See below:

MERALCO BILL = P2,804.20 (This is our first bill na hindi pa naman kami open)

TOTAL KWH = 19 (my consumption)

P2,804.20 / 19 = P147.59 Pesoses!!!!!

So, kung ang naconsume ko is yung normal na talga which around 988 kwh (like yun sa house ko), ang magiging bill ko (multiplied by P147.59) is P145,818????!!!!

Syempre, hindi ako nakatulog! May mali! Nag google ako ng nag google to find an answer! Someone also told me that there’s a fixed charge sa Meralco bill if commercial rate. So, even if there’s ZERO consumption, you will still receive a bill of around 2k plus. Forever na nandun si 2k plus. 

So, the following day, pagpatak ng 6:30 AM nagising na ko at nasa isip ko pa din ang Merlaco bill na yan. I called our Meralco Branch at 8:30Am para humingi ng explanation! 

Sabi ni kuya kapag commercial rate daw there’s a minimum charge per month pag zero ang consumption. He pulled up the bill from last month and yun nga, zero consumption pero may bill na around P2500. Sabi ko kay kuya, so yan bang minimum na 2500 is anjan lang forever? Nawawala daw yun pag may consumption ka. Sabi ko, e bakit 2800 ang bill ko, may 19kwh naman akong consumption. Kasi kung mawawala si 2500 minimum, e di dapat wala pang P500 ang bill ko, diba? Medyo nalito din si kuya pero while we were discussing, pareho naming narerealize ang sagot sa aming mga katanungan. Actually ako ang sumasagot sa mga tanong ko tapos nag aagree lang sya. Kainis.

If you check the back part of the bill. May part dun na DISTRIBUTION. Dun makikita yun fixed charges per month. There are 2 fixed charges, FIXED METERING CHARGE and FIXED SUPPLY CHARGE. Whether residential or commercial, parehong may fixed charges. The only difference is the amount. Pag commercial mas malaki, P430.62 and P441.49,  as compared sa residential na P5 and P19 lang.

This is the back part of the Meralco bill of my commercial space. 

This is for the residential

So never talga magkakaron  ng zero Meralco bill kasi itong fixed Distribution charges anjan sila forever.  Distribution charge is the cost associated with the maintenance, upgrading, and expansion of the distribution system of a Distribution Utility. Tapos pag commercial, yun nga mas mataas ang singil nila. Super more than 100 percent.

So, I realized kanina na pag commercial rate ka, mas masusulit mo yung 2k plus na minimum distribution charge if mas mataas ang na-consume mo. Gamitin mo na lang ang kuryente kesa naman d ka nga gumagamit, may bayad pa din naman. Parang nadidivide yun 2k plus minimum charge dun sa actual meralco bill mo. 

See below. Kuya pulled up the January to Feb bill of the same pwesto but different tenant pa.

MERALCO BILL: P5K plus

TOTAL KWH: 278kwh (naconsume nya)

VS

FIRST MERALCO BILL KO: P2800

TOTAL KWH: 19kwh (naconsume ko)

See? Mas mura kpag mas malaki nagamit mo. Kasi pinakinabangan mo naman yun kuryente. Kaya ok lang yun binayad mo. E ito, ilaw lang 2800?!  Ang OA!

Ayun.. Hopefully, tama tong analysis ko sa meralco bill ko. Sana my next bill will be normal na kc baka maheart attack ako. Kaloka!

Kainis na advertising agency!

I received a call from advertising agency the other day. Iniinvite ako na magjoin as a sponsor (Enzo's Shawarma) sa pageant nila. Whenever I receive calls like this, pinapa-email ko na lang sila to me para mabasa ko what the event is all about and kung kaya ba ng powers ko ang rate nila. Chaka sympre maglalabas lang ako ng pera kung alam kong may mapapala ako at ang business ko. E medyo wala for this one. Hindi pala medyo, wala talaga. He called again this morning nagfofollow up. Sabi ko, I read their invite pero sorry for this one I'll pass. Told him na Email na lang nila ko for future events. Medyo nagalit sya. Akala daw nya ok na kami. (Ang drama para kaming magjowa) Sabi daw sa kanya confirmed na magjojoin kami. I asked who told him? He mentioned a name na hindi ko naman kilala. I told him that the first time he called me was the first time na nakausap ko sya. Nagkausap na daw kami few months ago. E di ko nga sya kilala! Chaka lahat ng events and invites ako lang din naman ang nakakareceive and ako din ang kumakausap sa lahat so imposibleng di ko sya maaalala.
Nainis sya sakin, so mas nainis ako sa kanya.Yun lang. K thanks bye!