Today, we are going to make a seafood dish called "Sake to Kinoko no Tsutsumi-yaki". Sake means salmon in Japanese, and kinoko means mushroom.

Salmon is the most consumed fish in Japan (For elegance, I would merely say salmon is the most consumed fish; that fact implies its popularity). Although salmon appears perennially at the market, it's best bought in autumn when at its fattiest (less awkward). Salmon is available both salted and unsalted, but we'll use unsalted salmon today.

Sprinkle salt on salmon filets and let them rest for about 10 minutes.
In the meantime, we’ll prepare the mushrooms. (Keep the same voice — be careful about slipping from second person mandate to first person plural)

There are many kinds of Japanese mushrooms. It’s said that Japan has approximately 200 kinds of edible mushrooms. Today, I brought five kinds of very common mushrooms: shitake, shimeji, enokidake, maitake, and eringi. You can get them anytime at any supermarket, but the best season for Japanese mushrooms is also autumn.

Actually, the king of Japanese mushrooms is matsutake, and it only appears in autumn. The smell of matsutake is amazing! (What's it smell like?) But It’s too expensive to use for daily meals.

Cut off the stems of the shitake and slice the caps into thin strips 5 mm thick.
Cut off the bits (What bits? What do they look like?) from the base of the shimeji and separate the bunch into bite-size pieces.
Cut off the bits from the base of the maitake and separate the bunch into bite-size pieces, as with the shimeji.
Cut off the bottom third of enokidake and cut the remaining part in half. Separate the bunch into small bundles.
Cut off the bits from the base of the eringi and tear it into small pieces.
Slice the onion (How?).
Prepare a sheet of baking paper (how big?). Place a fillet of salmon skin-side down on the paper (In the middle? At one end?). Arrange the onion and mushrooms around the salmon. I also prepared Momiji-shaped carrots and ginkgo nuts. (Do these go in, too?)
Place 5g of butter on the top (of the salmon?). Wrap all of them with paper. (How do I fold it?)
Lay the parcels into an oven-safe frying pan and put on the lid. Bake them for about 13 minutes on low heat.
Transfer the parcels to a plate and open them when served.

Saturday, August 5.

I have been very busy lately. I have had a lot of work, which is a good thing. I had to pay a lot of debts, which is not a good thing. However, today I'm finally free!

It's Saturday and I don't really have any plans to go out. My girlfriend is busy, so I don't think she'll join me. Maybe I should look for a friend to hang out; I haven't met with friends in a long time.

I am very excited about the new "It" movie that will be released in September. I have watched all the trailers many times and I'm pretty sure this film will be an instant classic. Nostalgic fans are trying very hard to disapprove of this film, but I find it amazing. I think they will portray the actual meaning and fears from the Stephen King's novel. The reception remains to be seen.

I think there is nothing else on my mind at this moment, so I will leave.

See you!

(Nice job. Suggestions in yellow, corrections in red. You might also say, "Maybe I should look for a friend with whom I can hang out.")

Hello again.

Hello everybody. I have come back to Italki and I am very happy about that.
Now I am going to talk about my job these days. Let's begin.
These past few days I have worked on a project involving differential equations and a programming language called Python. I was browsing the (more natural in English) internet when I realized that a program that could help me in my job. I have worked with Python before, so I thought about differential equations and Python and I found SymPy.
So I was searching for books about SymPy and I found a good book titled "Numerical Python" and now I am reading the book.
Thanks a lot for reading. Good luck.

(The sentences about how you came to find SymPy could be more clear. You might say: When I was browsing the internet, it came to me that a program could help me in my job. Since I have worked with Python before, I decided to search the web for "differential equations and Python" — and I then I found SymPy.

I know a little Python, but probably a lot less than you!)

English Practice, August 1, 2017

Today is another sad day for the Venezuela's people. One hundred thirty-one (we usually spell out numbers at the beginning of a sentence) persons have died already, and nothing has changed in that country.

How is possible that a group of persons without any knowledge about how to manage a country is directing (or leading) a country like Venezuela?. It is crazy. I don't understand it.

(Nor do I.)

Living in London

Hi all; a long time ago I was living in London while attending a post-graduate master course in a prestigious international school. My lessons started at 9 o'clock in the morning (or a.m. to be consistent) and ended at 5 p.m. I would remain at school for an extra half hour to spend time with friends, and after that I would have a amazing 30-minute (hyphen when used as an adjective) walk coming back home. The school is near Tottenham Court Road, and my home was near the Marble Arch. Of course, I could manage the walk if I was not too tired and, above all, if it did not rain at all. I was usually home by 6 p.m. if I didn't stop while walking — but sometimes I had to do some shopping (food, books, newspapers, etc.) and would arrive home later. If I would take the Tube from Tottenham Court Square, I would arrive earlier, of course.

(Alberto: It looks like you're writing a story about your day-to-day life in London from years ago. This is challenging in English, since it includes perfect, imperfect, preterite, conditionals, etc., and our rules aren't necessarily as strict as Romance languages. I've edited this to match how I'd say it — but there are several ways. We often mix these tenses and use them improperly. I've changed my mind on a few of my own suggestions, as I've edited this.)