Why Sinigang? By Doreen G.

Fernandez
Rather than the overworked adobo (so identified as the Philippine stew in
foreign cookbooks),sinigang seems to me the dish most representative of
Filipino taste. We like the lightly boiled, the slightly soured, the dish that
includes fish (or shrimp or meat) vegetables and broth. It is adaptable to all
tastes ( if you don't like shrimp, then bangus, or pork), to all classes and
budgets, (even ayungin, in humble little piles, find their way into the pot),
to seasons and availability (walang talong, mahal ang gabi? kangkong
na lang!).But why? Why does sinigang find its way to bare dulang, to
formica-topped restaurant booth, to gleaming ilustrado table? Why does
one like anything at all? How is a people's taste shaped?But still, why
soured? Aside from the fact that sour broths are cooling in hot weather,
could it be perhaps because the dish is meant to be eaten against the mild
background of rice? Easy to plant and harvest, and allowing more than one
crop a year, rice is ubiquitouson the landscape. One can picture our
ancestors settling down beside their rivers and finally tuning to the
cultivation of fields, with rice as one of the first steady crops.RICERice to us
is more than basic cereal, for as constant background, steady
accompaniment; it is also the shaper of other food, and of tastes. We not
only sour, but also salt (daing, tuyo,bagoong) because the blandness of rice
suggests the desirability of sharp contrast. Rice can be ground into flour
and thus the proliferation of puto; the mildly sweet Putong Polo, the banana
leaf-encased Manapla variety; puto filled with meat or flavored with ube;
puto in cakes or wedges, white or brown eaten with dinuguan orsalabat.THE
GREENERYThe landscape also offers the vines, shrubs, fields, forest and
tress from which comes the galaxy of gulay with which we are best all year
round. "Back home," an American friend commented." All we use from day
to day are peas, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, and very few others."
The dietarily uninhibited Filipino, on the other hand, recognizes the
succulence of roots (gabi, ube, kamote); the delicacy and flavor of leaves
(pechay, dahong bawang,kintsay, pako, malunggay) and tendrils (talbos ng
ampalaya, kalabasa, sayote); thebounty of fruits (not only upo andkalabasa,
talong and ampalaya, but also desserts likelangka and banana, which
double as vegetables; and the excitement of flowers
like karutayand kalabasa

Compound sentences- Compound sentences and compound words are an easy and
fun way to add interest to a sentence. By combining two thoughts in one sentence or word, you can
add to the information you provide in your communication.

Kinds of Compound Sentences=Good writers will use different kinds of

sentences to make their writing interesting and fluid. The text will sound choppy if too many simple
sentences are used, and it will be complicated and hard to read if too many long, complex
sentences are used.
Following are explanations and examples of all three types of sentences: simple, complex and
compound.

A simple sentence expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a verb. An example
would be: Mary went to the library to study. A simple sentence may have a compound subject,
meaning more than one, but it is still considered a simple sentence. An example is: Jose and
Brittany are getting married. A simple sentence can also have a compound verb, like: Meaghan
cleans her room and brushes her teeth every day.
A complex sentence has one independent clause (sentence) and at least one dependent clause. A
dependent clause has a subject and verb, but is not a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone.
These two clauses are joined by a marker word, like: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even
if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and
while. An example is: He went to the party after he did his chores.
A compound sentence has two simple sentences, or independent clauses. The clauses are
connected one of two ways: with a coordinator or coordinating conjunction, or with a semicolon.
Two examples are Han waited for the bus, and it arrived on time and You have waited very
patiently; finally the day has arrived.
Examples of compound sentence:

My husband was working, so I went shopping.

I like chocolate ice cream, but my friend likes strawberry.
They wanted to go to Italy, because they wanted to see Venice.
I am on a diet yet I really want a cookie.
He did not take the money, for it was not the right thing to do.

Complex sentence:

A complex sentence contains an

independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence and
makes a complete thought and a dependent clause can
not stand alone, even though it has a subject and a verb.
Examples of complex sentence:

Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

The man who sold my dad the car is shifty.
The movie that I like a lot is out on DVD now.
Though he was very rich, he was still very unhappy.
She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged.
When the cost goes up, customers buy less clothing.
As she was bright and ambitious, she became manager in no time.
Wherever you go, you can always find beauty.
The movie, though very long, was still very enjoyable.
Evergreen trees are a symbol of fertility because they do not die in the winter.

MARCELO H. DEL PILAR- ANG cadaquilaan ng Dios.

Apolinario mabini ang tunay na sampung utos ng dios.

Graciano lopez jaena fray botod

Andres bonifacio katapusang hibik ng pilipinas

President:: aila
ermitanio
v-president::
Christian Lloyd
cirilo
secretary:: khyle
sido

Christine
Mendoza
Treasurer:: nikki
landero
p.r.o:: joyven
Castillo
sgt.:: johnmark
hobayan