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That is the Spanish name of the recipe that I cooked last night for dinner. It was really good and simple, that is way I feel like I need to keep it here :-p

The recipe (in Spanish — I’ll try to translate it into English) may be found here:

Caldereta de pescado

Yeah, the translation is here!!!

Caldereta de Pescado (fish stew)

ingredients.-

• 1.5 Kg of assorted white “rock” fish such as: cod fish, grouper, conger, etc…
• 1 big onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 green pepper
• Pepper and salt
• 3 tomatoes (ripe)
• Olive oil
• 1.5 liters of water
• Spanish bread (similar to French bread; it could be baguette)
• Fresh parsley
• 1 hard-boiled egg yolk
• Paprika
• Fish liver (optional)

preparation.-

Chop the onion very thin (a.k.a. “julienne style”) and put on a clay saucepan with some olive oil, low heat. After a while add 3 garlic cloves (sliced).  After 5 minutes of slow cooking you should add the pepper chopped in small pieces.  Before the onion starts getting brown you should grate and add the tomatoes.  Put salt and pepper over the fish, stir fry on the saucepan and add the water after a while. The heat should be now high until the water starts boiling, then turn low again, and leave it for 15-20 minutes depending on the size of the fish chunks. Add the parslet, egg yolk, paprika, garlic clove and fish liver (optional) 5 minutes before this 15 - 20 minutes period is over. Check saltiness. Cut the bread in thin slices (3-4 mm) and toast on the oven — warning: they should not get colored (it would affect the stew’s taste).

While serving, put a couple of toasts on each plate, then the stew on top.

enjoy!

I have just written, signed and presented my resignation letter. This is more of a formality that I need to go through in order to move to Singapore, but emotionally represents quite a bit more.

Here it is:

I know the one here is not signed (:-p), but the one I endorsed has been properly signed using a blue ball-pen.

As you may probably know, I am moving to Singapore very soon. The estimated date for this is 1st May 2008.

I have a few (nice) things that I feel forced to sell now (snif, snif…) which you may find on the following table:

item	age (months)	price (php)	notes
Abstract Painting (framed) size: 95cm x 197cm	12	7,500	pic-1, pic-2
Landscape Painting (framed) size: 95cm x 65cm	8	3,000	pic-1, pic-2
Wooden Chest (Pine) size: 50cm x 50cm x 95 cm	7	6,000 3,000	pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4
Curtains + bar (set#1) size: 3m x 2.50m	4	1,200 800	pic-1, pic-2
Curtains + bar (set#2) size: 2.50m x 2.50m	4	1,000 650	pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4
Wooden Foot Stool size: 52cm x 88cm x 32cm	10	5,000 2,500	with 2 covers (red & orange) pic-1, pic-2
Side Table (glass) size: 45cm x 60cm x 50cm It broke yesterday	8	1,000	pic-1, pic-2
Sofa (two-seater) size: 80cm x 140cm x 75cm	10	2,500 2,000	pic-1, pic-2, pic-3
Office Desk size: 90cm x 45cm x 73cm	8	1,200 1,000	It has 1 drawer pic-1, pic-2, pic-3
Complete Queen Bed size: 155cm x 225cm x 55cm	8	15,000 12,000	Still under warranty Sales invoice available pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4, pic-5
Trash can (stainless steel) size: “medium”	4	400	pic-1
Towel Rack (stainless steel) size: can hold about 6-8 towels	4	600	pic-1
Plants (a lot)	4 to 12	100	this is the price for 1 piece pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4

This stuff has already been sold:

I am still working on the pictures. Also I have some other usual-homy-stuff (i.e. kitchenware) which I am not sure yet if it is worth to include on the table BUT for sure I need to get rid of…