If you have not noticed the national past time of most Filipinas, errrmmm well most of them I may add, they pose prettily for photo snaps (that includes me, LOL!)
V for Victory, yeah!!
Their heads never straight, always bent left or right and their eyes looking, hmmm peeping out of their sockets sideways which is a miracle they never get squint eyed after so many photo snaps like that….
Star's version of "V" sign
Something must be wrong with their necks. Too rubbery? I don’t know really but they just can’t keep their heads upright. I wonder why…
Well, maybe it has something to do with the handsign that they never fail to display… the V finger sign.
The mother of all V's, hehehe!
Most times it’s done close to their face.
The shy ones show it at the hips as they pose hands akimbo.
Still, it’s the V finger sign, no matter what and where it is displayed.
Now, does anyone know why Filipinas display that V finger sign like it is a national past time? I am a Filipina and I assure you it’s not cultural but soon is becoming one.
P. S.
IF Shamcey Supsup had V signed at the Miss Universe Pageant, she would have been crowned Queen. Alas! She overlooked that unmistakable trademark of the Filipinas 
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Ahhh Lainy,
So you’ve noticed or rather been more observant. If that be a national identity, just like how one can tell its a Japanese because of the camera hung around their necks, the “V” fingers is unmistakably that’s a Filipino(a), I guess.
The only explanation that comes to my mind why most Filipinas do that is because they are communicating by hand sign language that they are ready to spread their fingers…ermmm, I meant legs. And smilingly too or is that willingly too?
BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 9:44 pm
@Windy,
Yeah, I have become a rather keen observer, Mr. Naughty Naughty Windy.
I must say that Filipinas are beautiful whether they do the V sign or not.
I myself even find bewilderment why I have come to embrace that gesture when taking a pose for the cam. I believe I have gotten that from the mother of all V’s, Star, hahaha!
Oh! Oh! That’s a very unfounded explanation, Windy. I know you mean it only as a joke, right?
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Hahaha Lainy,
What do you think? I think I meant it as a poke and not a joke.
But seriously, the reason for that V finger sign dates back to General McArthur as he showed it for VICTORY when he landed on the shores of the Philippines.
It remained ingrained in the minds of the Filipinos as well as his oft quoted proud declaration, “I shall return”.
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 9:55 pm
@Windy,
Bwahahahaha! You are simply the naughtiest, Windy! LOL!
Oh WOW! What a brilliant explanation. It’s just so Windy, hahaha! That made a lot of sense. I haven’t thought about that. I wonder why our ancestors never did the V sign at all though
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Lainy, Lainy,
The previous generation did not do the V sign because they were doing it silently on their beds.
Duh!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 9:59 pm
@Windy,
Bwahahahahaha! Gosh Windy! Lainy’s Musings is such a wholesome blog. You’re injecting something different here, LOL!
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Hallo dear Lainy …. well I hadn’t noticed the lop-sided head routine in photos …. now I shall be looking for it! Lol! However, not sure why so many raise their fingers in a ‘V’ … this sometimes spoils some wonderful photos. ‘V’ standing for Victory against the odds and in times of either a personal battle or major conflict should, perhaps, be reserved for those who have overcome a major challenge.
It may, of course, mean something entirely different in the Philippines.
Our Autumn is taking hold far too soon over here … there are so many people with so many colds it’s only a matter of time before we are all bound to catch one!! Atishoo!!!!!! Lol!! x
I do like your new spam protection ….. this will keep me alert, Lainy. x
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 10:17 pm
@Polly,
Hola my dear Polly!
Hahaha! I hope you’ve now noticed that Polly, LOL!
You said it. At times, it just ruins the beautiful capture but we do feel that it’s alright and we’re just doing some wacky poses.
Thanks for the added input on the V sign. I haven’t realized that till you’ve made mention about it.
Oh! I am sorry to know a lot of peepz there caught the colds. You take some precautions. I don’t want you sick.
Thanks for liking the arithmetic spam protection. I have to thank Windy for that
Be safe always! Hugs!
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Lainy,
The Filipinos have a lot to thank Gen. McArthur.
The Filipinos have made it a national pastime to “I shall return with my V” and God said, “There they go, increasing and multiplying”.
BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHA
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 10:11 pm
@Windy,
Yes Windy. We are still actually awaiting for his grand come back as he promised “I shall return.”
You are so naughtyyyyyy! Gosh! I can never out comment you and I hate it, LOL!
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Lainy,
Gosh! Lainy, you need to catch up with your History books. Gen. McArthur DID return to the Philippines.
Women are always interested and good at the history of their men and men are only interested in the Geography of their women.
How come then, being man, I know more about the Philippine history than you? I should know more about the curves of the Filipinas instead.
Don’t blame me….please blame my mother. She gave birth to a naughty baby.
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 10:23 pm
@Windy,
Hahahaha! That only goes to show how ancient I have become, LOL! I have entirely forgotten about history.
Now don’t condemn me if I don’t know much about these stuff. I wasn’t born brilliant like you do, duh!
I have no doubt on your expertise with the Filipina curves, and for women in general for that matter, hehehe!
I have to blame both your parents then: your mother for nurturing such a naughty, naughty boy and your father for being the sperm donor, LOL!
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Lainy,
You can’t call yourself a Filipino! You don’t even remember important historical events.
I’m MORE Filipino than you by this comparison because I have seen the curves of the curvacious bodies of the Filipinas and oh gawwwd the Mount Mayons!!!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 10:31 pm
@Windy,
Hahaha! I better become Malaysian then, LOL! And you better become Muslim and marry these Filipinas with curvaceous bodies. I wonder what you’ve been doing on your spare time now that you’re not into blogging, LOL!
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this is so true, lain ! can anybody please tell us how we developed this habit ??
even here in North America, nothing beats the Asians when it comes to photo opps. lahat na lang ng pwedeng pag-posing-an, gagawin na. if there’s a group of people who benefitted most with the invention of digital cameras, it us, Asians ! LOL.
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
@KM,
I asked Star who’s in the photo and she told me she got the habit of using V in most of her photographs from a friend who once worked in Japan and had a lot of Koren acquaintances. She was informed that most of them there pose for the cam doing the same gestures.
Actually, basta sa picturan, ang galing-galing natin, hahaha! Certified camwhores ata tayo, LOL!
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oh no!!! there goes Windy. the naughty man that he is , he never fails to make me smile. he should stop by your blog more often.
oo nga, that V is apparent on many pics of many Pinays. ako lang yata ang hindi nag-VV hahaha. it’s cute though. mukhang magiging identity ng mga Pinay yan.
sige Sis. hope your Thursday is going along well. take care.
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
@juliana,
Hahaha! No one does it better than Windy, Sis. I just feel like the blogosphere is so boring without him, LOL! I think I need to bribe him to swing by here at my blog more frequently, hehe!
Naaasiwa actually ako nong umpisa na mag V-pose kaso napansin ko lang parang ako na lang ata ang di marunong, LOL! Hanggang sa di ko na namamalayan, nakasanayan ko na lang rin
My Thursday was great, Sis. I hope you’re having a grand weekend. You take care too!
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Nung isang araw napansin ko puro naka V sign pala halos ako sa pictures. Natatawa na lang ako. Ksi minsan di ko namn napapansin na ginagawa ko yun. Nakasanayan na. Pero kailangan bawasan ko pag V sign ko at baka akalain ng ibang tao wala na ako alam iba na pose. hihihi!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
@anney,
Same here. Ang dali nating maimpluwensyahan, haha! Isip naman tayo ng ibang pose. Pano kaya gawin yong “Y” naman? LOL!
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Lainy, that’s a poignant question…yeah what have I been doing since I stopped Bloging and what fills my spare time.
I upgraded from Bloging to Ogling. It’s less strenuous and far more pleasurable.
I am still seeking for Mount Everbest… it is claimed to be somewhere in the Hermalayas.
BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
@Windy,
Here you go again, Windy! You are simply incomparable! I have been laughing out loud here everytime I read your comments.
You must have been an expert in Ogling. I hope you haven’t scared them away like you do when you were still blogging, hahaha!
Oh! I must ask. Have you found Mt. Everbest yet? I thought you said it’s somewhere here in the Philippines, LOL!
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ay oo nga bakit ang hilig natin mag “V”? ganun din ata ang mga koreans na nag pa-uso nyan hehe..:)
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
@January,
Yes, tama ka dyan, Sis.
Thanks for coming by here for WW.
See yah!
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ya, korek, we are so cam whores and we got the Vee pose from our Asian neighbors. this reminded me of one time i met a Japanese-Filipino girl in the States. She was born and raised here and looks more Japanese than Pinay. She said that it’s really hard to tell she has Pinay blood in her but according to her friends, the only time she looks Pinoy is in pictures, and she is seriously wondering why is that. Then I told her, maybe because she does the Asian “V” pose. She laughed, because she knows it too. LOL.
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
@KM,
Yes KM! Sobrang certified cam whores! Wala na atang tatalo pa sa Pinoy pagdating dyan, hahaha!Kahit saang parte ng mundo, bumibida! Hehehe!
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Lainy, I do like your new blog outlay … having the archive link at the top is wizzard.
Just a little note from me to you, here:
I wondered if now that you are queen of your own kitchen whether you may from time-to-time, delight us with a few Philippino recipes.
There was a top chef here on our television programmes who was chiding viewers and saying that all of us only need to use a recipe as a simplified map and that if we do not have all of the required ingredients then we should use something else. Apparently, this is the way that recipes are improved upon and how they are intended to be used.
So – if you are able to share some of the recipes that are your favourites and we cannot get all of the ingredients then we can still make them but change them slightly with alternative grocery items.
This is just a thought ….. I do hope that you will at least think about it. x
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
@Polly,
Hello Polly. Thank for you for appreciating the blog lay out. You may not have noticed it before but the archive posts had been there all along. Windy hasn’t changed anything in the current lay-out
Oh! Oh! How I wish I could simply do just that, Polly. If only I have so much time in my hands. You see, I work on a regular basis and the only time that I can do my stuff online is when I reach home from work. I wish to experiment various recipes and just about anything that gets my fancy but time just won’t permit me.
But don’t worry, once I could find the time, I will definitely show it off here
Hugs!
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Nalingaw ko sa ka-naughtiness sa exchange of comments! Hahaha. To vee to me happens sometimes pud baya. Trademark na ata na sa Asians ba.
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Late visit naku ni for WW, Sis. If you haven’t yet, you might want to check out my white shares, too!
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Thanks and see you next time!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
@Rcel,
Hahaha! Basta si Windy na gani Sis, expect jud ka ug daghang mga kabuang, LOL!
Trademark na jud bisan asang lupalop pa sa kalibutan ibutang, Sis. Hahahaha!
Will take time to visit all your WW entries Sis, pero ugma na kay muuli ko karon sa balay sa akoang Mama. Di nako makaonline pag abot didto kay early to bed na for church tomorrow.
See yah!
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I always thought of the hand gesture as the “peace sign” – made popular in the 60s here in the USA. But, your post made me do a little research on wikipedia and it seems that this sign goes back as far as the 1300s. Nor, every time I see a picture of a pretty philipina girl I’ll be looking for a peace sign. Windy – leave it to a man to come up with a new interesting meaning to the fingers “spread” apart
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
@sheila sultani,
Same here, Sheila. I have always labeled my photos with V signs as PEACE not until Windy made me realize it’s supposed to be Victory, LOL!
You said it! Windy always has something naughty to say. Now I have to wait on what he will say next, hahahaha!
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ahhahaha! this is funny! i have a photographer friend who says before taking photos, “no V, okay?” lol. thanks for sharing this to WW!
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
@raya,
Hi Raya! Your photographer friend must have known what we Filipinos are capable of when it comes to posing for the cam, hahaha!
It was a pleasure joining WW.
See yah tomorrow at your posts
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OMGGGGGGGG Lainy!
How dare you ask a virgin such kind of questions?
Did you say earlier that this is a holesome Blog?
tsk tsk
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Lainybelle Reply:
September 24th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
@Windy,
Huh!? Now, now. Pardon me if that’s a wrong question to ask. But I only copy and pasted what you just said in here, and placed a question mark, hahahaha!
Lainy’s Musings will remain to be a wholesome blog. But it definitely is boring without Windy, hehehe!
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@ Lainy,
Mount Everbest is only for virgins to mount lahhhh.
Is the Hermalayas situated in the Philippines?
BWAAAAAAHAHAHA
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