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A Taste of Forgiveness: Moral Values from the story ‘Sinigang’

Paul Jonas Bicomong
2 min readMay 12, 2021

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Sinigang is one of the staple foods that we grew up with. Aside from it is sour and savory flavor, it suits very well in cold weather and it assembles our family at home. But, there’s something more intriguing than the typical sinigang we know.

There’s a well-known short story entitled ‘Sinigang’ that was written back in 2001. It was written by Aubrey J. Villaceran. It portrays Liza, the main character of the story, who faced her father’s mistress named Sylvia at the funeral of Lem, her half-brother who died because of cancer.

Aunt Loleng and Liza prepared the ingredients of sinigang for their family dinner. It is her father’s favorite food. During their preparation for sinigang, she was asked by her Aunt about meeting Sylvia. She remembered how anxious she was to meet her dad’s mistress. On top of that, she remembered how her father cried and ask for forgiveness.

It is a wonderful story indeed. But the question is, what are the moral lessons you can get from the story? Join me and let’s find out.

Forgive and forget

Each one of us commits mistakes that can hurt anyone. Sometimes, it is so hard to forgive especially when he/she commits mistakes that affect your entire life. But, the only thing that will make your life peaceful is that we need to learn how to forgive. We need to forget who hurt us but never forget what lesson they left to us. We must remember that when we forgive, we recover and grow as a person.

Be Faithful

In the story, we saw the negative effects of having extramarital affair with someone. The one who suffers the most is not the 1st party but their child. It can hurt them emotionally and physically.

As a 21st Century Learner, the short story Sinigang left a huge impact on me. Life is not full of happy endings. But, it is our choice on how we will face the obstacles of life. Keep in mind the quote of Professor Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

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