SINIGANG
"SINIGANG" by Marie Aubrey J. Villanueva The short story Sinigang is written in 2001 by Marie Aubrey Villaceran narrates how Liza, the main character, deals with the issue of her father who had an extramarital affair with Sylvia, and consequently had a son, Lem. The story takes place in Liza’s home whereshe, together with her Tita Loleng, prepares Sinigang for the family dinner, as it is her father’s favorite dish. During the course preparing and cooking, Tita Loleng ask Liza about her encounter with Sylvia in the wake of Lem who died because of cancer. It is through Tita Lolengs’s question with the procedures of preparing Sinigang that sparked flashbacks in the story revealing not only vivid memories of how Liza was made known about her father’s other family, how uneasy she felt when she finally met Sylvia, how rancorous and pretentiously impassive she is towards her father, but also, these flashbacks disclose how unconditional the love of Liza’s...