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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/07/30/slater.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screengrab from YouTube</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Slater Young and Kryz Uy shared some of their simple hacks to save money and be more productive at home amid the pandemic. </p><p>In a vlog released by Manulife Philippines, the celebrity couple revealed that they have split their tasks at home. </p><p>Young, an engineer and former &quot;Pinoy Big Brother&quot; winner, is in charge of the &quot;hardware&quot; or the house repairs. Uy, on the other hand, takes care of the &quot;software&quot; or the needs of the people in their home such as groceries.</p><p>Check out their tips below:</p><div><strong>USE LED LIGHTS</strong></div><p>&quot;Use LED lights around the house because it saves you 90% of electricity costs. When you use LED, your lights tend to last longer while saving you electricity,&quot; Young said.</p><p>&quot;LED is a little bit more expensive at first. Pero nababawi mo, may ROI (return on investment) ka,&quot; he added. &quot;LED lights not only help you save on your money, it also helps save the environment kasi it uses a lot less electricity.&quot;</p><div><strong>BUY GROCERIES IN BULK</strong></div><p>&quot;Instead of buying something whenever I need something... What i do is I collate all of my grocery needs and I just order once a week,&quot; Uy said. </p><p>&quot;And I also always tell other people who live in the house, our kasambahays, &#x27;Don&#x27;t buy sachets.&#x27; If it&#x27;s 12 sachets you need, you just buy one bottle, it&#x27;s cheaper pa. You save the environment pa, less single-use plastic,&quot; she added.</p><div><strong>USE A FAUCET AERATOR</strong></div><p>&quot;Kadalasan ang nangyayari when you&#x27;re using a faucet, di ba parang solid &#x27;yung buga ng water, it&#x27;s like one full stream? So what you can do is you can buy a faucet aerator, which is only like P50 or P75 online,&quot; Young said. </p><p>&quot;Every time you turn on the faucet... The water feels a little bit softer and hindi siya nagsa-splash as much,&quot; he added. &quot;It will save you I think 20% to 50%, depending on your usage of water, essentially forever.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1yXUCPpsp0c?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><strong>TRY OUT A DIAPER SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM</strong></div><p>&quot;It&#x27;s such a cool hack,&quot; Uy said. &quot;What&#x27;s cool about it is every month, naba-budget mo na and place an order how much you&#x27;re going to consume.&quot; </p><p>&quot;And you know how when you hoard, babies grow so fast. &#x27;Yung large [diaper] na &#x27;yon, you don&#x27;t know when it&#x27;s going to last. [With a subscription] you only buy what you need, you only consume what you need, you don&#x27;t have any excess.&quot;</p><div><strong>USE SEALANTS FOR DIY FIXES</strong></div><p>&quot;If there is one thing that I would suggest that everyone get is to get a sealant. &#x27;Yun ang pinaka-important thing to fix emergencies around the house. With a caulking gun, that&#x27;s it,&quot; Young said.</p><p>&quot;You can use it to seal your windows, fix leaks around the house... And for example may mga kaunting butas, &#x27;yung mga ants pumapasok, you can seal it right away,&quot; he added. &quot;As long as you have that parang may freedom ka sa loob ng bahay mo. You don&#x27;t have to call anyone, you can fix things right away.&quot;</p><div><strong>HAVE A DAILY TO-DO LIST FOR CHORES</strong></div><p>&quot;Lahat naka-schedule para at least throughout the week everything around the house I can go through, I can clean,&quot; Uy said. </p><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t want to make it overwhelming, I try to give myself little to-do lists every day na kayang-kaya kong gawin para at the end of the week na-check siya lahat. I feel accomplished, I don&#x27;t feel intimidated, and everything gets done,&quot; she added.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1657911" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>"It will save you I think 20% to 50%, depending on your usage of water, essentially forever."</p>

"It will save you I think 20% to 50%, depending on your usage of water, essentially forever."