During presentations with brands:
- Can we make the logo or supers bigger?
- Let’s edit another version, but no additional cost please.
- Can you send the revised edit ASAP?
During shoots:
- Direk, isa pang take!
- Last take, for safety.
- Good take!
- Pack up!
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What is the first language of your supplier? Ginamit ko dati sa boss ko (French) yung “do let me know” o “please let me know” and he found it rude. Sabi niya sakin, “Please, no need to talk to me that way”. Gulat talaga ako kasi very polite naman yung expression - at least for English speakers. I consulted a Spanish acquaintance who also spoke French about it, ang sabi niya tunog imperative daw kasi if the person thinks in French.
onT: per my last email
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Chinese yung supplier. Eh mas blunt nga sila eh but thinking if I translate the line in Chinese it’s not rude naman, rather normal tone lang. I think more na saving face thing sa kanila kaya ganun reaction.
When I follow up, I do email with “a gentle reminder”
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I used to be pithy in emails until i was told off that i come across as rude. Ayaw ko kasi machechebureche. Ngayon may disclaimer na ako sa signature (if using phone):
"Pls excuse the pithiness, replying from phone. "
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“Mixed Signals” - when boss tells you to do something when other persons are present vs what boss really wants you to do kapag kayo na lang ang magkausap
“Patience is a virtue”- Lagi naming sinasabi kapag overloaded na sa work pero you know na kailangan mo pa ring gawin at di ka pwedeng magreklamo
“TOP priority or TOP urgent” - meaning ito ang uunahin mo sa lahat ng priority mo. Me mas urgent pa kaya dito? 
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Please do the needful (kaway kaway sa mga IT pipol)
Reminds me of my first jobber days.
A client once followed up via email saying: “Follow up on this please.”
I didn’t know any better, so I thought that’s a good way to follow up in the corporate world.
So when it was my turn to follow up with my client, I used the same spiel, “Follow up on this please.” 
My boss reprimanded me in a funny and friendly way: Kaya hindi sya nagrereply kasi masungit ka mag-email 
^ Oh I’m known to be blunt and curt on emails. I’m the youngest and I joined a very traditional company so lahat ng emails nila may sandamakmak na pasakalye pa bago dumirecho sa punto haha.
Not sure kung nashare ko na dito.
Ang walang kamatayang"theory of change"’ bwakanang…
^Sinisimulan din ba yan sa paggawa ng “stakeholder analysis”, “problem tree”, “results chain”, “logframe” blablabla?
OnT:
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Hope this email finds you well
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As you are aware (pano pag di ako aware?
) -
It is what it is
^^oww yizzz
onT: “let’s do a pre-meeting huddle” 
^ Ugh. Na-feel ko yan. Ganyan din kami madalas. Masyado nilang sinasayang precious time ko
Araw araw naririnig at nagagamit yung “Sure, copy.” “Rog (roger)” “Make sure that’s documented.” “CYA (cover your a**)”
Also one of my favorites na hindi na kailangan ng explanation: “That/She/He was a total clusterf*ck.”
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A corporate BS generator! Click here. Today I got “professionally target multidisciplinary leadership” 
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Scrum words : blockers, backlog, sprint, look ahead, progress.
Sa memos at emails for sure may isang word dito na kasama: path forward, risk analysis, safety concern, resolution, inherently safer design, interim mitigation
At ang walang kamatayang pantigil sa napakahabang diskusyon: it is what it is. 
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idagdag ko ang
Quick call? - more than 30 minutes
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Kapag ayaw sagutin ng direcho ang tanong…
“Let’s cross the bridge when we get there”
Kapag may gusto ipaimplement agad agad, bypassing all procedures:
"Directions from top management "
Kapag nagtanong sa con call na obvious namang pang sarili at hindi para sa grupo
“Let’s take that offline”
Kapag may ayaw sundin agad (na hindi from top mgt)
“Do you have a memo for this?”
Meeting na 5 mins lang dapat pero nauuwi sa 30mins…
“Guys, quick peptalk!”
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Sa field ko:
“We’re rolling in a bit”
“Let’s take.”
“Could you please trim this SOT?”
“UPSOUND him/her.”
“When is the TX?”
At dito naman sa bansang ito ko narinig:
“frankenSOT” 
Currently working for a local company:
“Ang akin lang…”
“Let’s tighten our plans…”
Pero ang “favorite” ko pag wala na maisagot yung General Manager ng Division sa questions ko:
“30 years na ako sa company na 'to…”
“Do the needful” 
For everyone who use this 
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