Merry Christmas

     Hey, everyone! Can you believe another Christmas has come and gone already? It's INSANE!!! Personally, I think this Christmas was the BEST! (Yet!)

     Anyway, have you heard of Marty Chan's new(ish) book, Demon Gate? I wanted to do a blog about this for a while, actually, but I wanted to read his other books first, but some of them haven't arrived at the library yet. Plus, I wanted to do this blog before 2013 ended. So, Demon Gate is the first in the Ehrich Weisz Chronicles. Actually, I'm kinda sad it took me this long to blog about his book launch, back on November 26.

      Anyway, Marty put on a good magic show while explaining his book. He did this magic trick where he got a girl in the audience to wave her hand over two chalk boards to reveal Ehrich Weisz is also Harry Houdini! I helped him put on hand cuffs and took the keys. He got out like Harry Houdini did. It was really cool!

     But the coolest thing he did (and I apologize for not having a picture) was when he got out of a straight jacket! It took a few tries, since it was a rather tight fit and got stuck only once, for a moment or two, but if Harry could do it, Marty could too. Good Christmas reference, right? Anyhow, when he got out we all applaud, and he read us some of his book. I won't share to much detail, but it is SUPER McBOSSNESS!! He made a high tech bowler hat like in the book, and it looked pretty cool!

     Marty signed my book, too! It read, "To Oscar, a great assistant and an amazing person!"

     Here is a picture with me and Marty. I hope you get a chance to read it too. Before I forget, did everyone have a good holiday? My Christmas wish was for people to stop shark finning because...

SHARKS AREN'T SCARY, THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT!!!

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!

I just watched Rob Stewart do his speech at the royal Ontario museum for #finfreetoronto (It was a livestream on Facebook ) and I thought it was AMAZING!!!Rob talked about how kids everywhere are taking back there future and there was one Grade 6 class in saipan that banned shark finning from there whole country and it was the 2nd place that banned shark finning!

The whole thing was very inspiring! It makes me want to do my blog more often but it also makes me want to start #finfreeEdmonton and bring Rob here to talk to everyone.

I am going to start a petition that will help Rob get more signatures and if I get 1,000 signatures Rob will come to Edmonton and do a presentation about sharks!!!

Watch for my petition I will let you know when it is up and what else I will be doing but I'm tired and have to eat supper.

Also, thank you to all the people in the chat on Facebook and told my mom that they like my blog!!

We can all be a hero and change the world!!

Oscar

"Sharks need our protection"

Hi everyone I found something so cool that I think that you sould take a look too, its called Shark finning - Sea shepherd. I think its cool because the Sea Shepherd was in the movie Sharkwater and before they were saving the sharks, they were saving the whales. When I saw the Sea Shepherd in the movie, I thought it was cool because they helped Rob Stewart save the sharks.

Oh I sould tell you what a little about it.

"The position of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is that no sharks should be killed and should be given complete global protection under law. Sea Shepherd has long fought the practice of longlining and regularly confiscates illegal killer lines (and nets) from the oceans.

Protecting sharks is a more difficult job than protecting dolphins or seals. From the point of view of public relations, seals are cute and dolphins have that lovely natural smile. The shark, in contrast, shows its teeth and, hence, they look menacing.

However, dolphin lovers should know that fishermen kill and cut up dolphins for shark bait for their longline hooks."



I think this website is really neat but I think it is sad that long line fishermen are hurting two different species.

How do you think we can put an end to this?

I think we should take away their BOATS because then they won't have any way to get out onto the ocean! Paddle boats and sail boats aren't as fast as motor boats, and the sharks would just bite the little plastic rafts! So the long line fishermen would have NO CHOICE but to give it up!!

See you next weekend!

Remember, sharks aren't scary they are just different!!

Oscar

Vegetarian Shark Fin Soup & comedy facts about sharks

Hi everyone I was just looking at this blog called Red Cook and it is cool! You should look at it too. It's so cool because it talks about banning shark finning! Isn't that AMAZING!?? There is also a recipe for Shark fin soup made out of VEGETABLES instead of shark fins!! I think that's great because I like sharks and because it doesn't use shark fins!!

This is the recipe from the Red Cook blog:

Vegetarian Shark Fin Soup
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Slow cooking time: 30 minutes

Soup
7 oz. konnyaku (Japanese yam cake, preferably with seaweed powder)
4 oz. bamboo shoots
2 oz. dried wood ear mushrooms
2 oz. dried kelp
4 cups vegetarian stock
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 egg
Cornstarch slurry made from 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and 1/4 cup water
Accompaniment
12 oz. mung bean sprouts
1/2 cup Chinkiang black vinegar

Prepare the vegetarian stock according to the recipe in my previous post. Reconstitute both the wood ear mushrooms and the kelp in warm water for about 15 minutes. In the meantime julienne the konnyaku cake and the bamboo shoots in very fine shreds. Set aside. Julienne both the wood ear mushrooms and the kelp in very fine shreds as well. Be sure to cut the kelp against the grain. Set aside.

Clip both ends of the mung bean sprouts and keep only the crunchy white part. Known as “silver sprout” or yin ya, these sprouts regularly accompany shark fin soup. Blanch them in boiling water for just about a minute. Drain and set aside.

After straining the vegetarian stock, bring the liquid to a boil in a large pot. Add all the ingredients for the soup except the egg and cornstarch slurry. Simmer the soup for about 20 minutes then add the cornstarch slurry and continue to cook until the broth thickens. Beat the egg in a bowl. Swirl the egg into the soup and keep cooking for another minute or two, or until the egg is completely cooked. Serve the soup piping hot with silver sprouts and Chinkiang black vinegar separately and on the site.
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Also this is cool! My mom saw this on Sharkwater's facebook page:

Rob Stewart is on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for a candid evening of shark ‘tales’ and myth-busting! Craig Ferguson recently starred in the TV special Shark Bites: Adventures in Shark Week on Discovery Channel US, which follows Craig his on his first experience diving with sharks.

Don’t miss Rob on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson!Tune in to CBS on Tuesday night 12:35am EST.

This is my dad's shark "fact":
Some of you may be surprised to know that the San Jose Sharks aren't sharks at all, but a professional hockey team. Talk about misleading names.

So now you know the difference and now it's over and I say good-bye until next week end.
Remember, sharks aren't scary they are just different!!

Oscar

If I were a shark, I would eat my sister

Hello it is me, Oscar and I would like to say that with school coming back it's going to be even harder to remember to do my blog because there will be homework, tests and a lot things to remember. Oh I forget all the time, well guess it's time to tell you today's information so here it is

"Almost all sharks like to do their hunting solo, but scalloped hammerhead sharks prefer to travel in schools during their summer migration."

Well let's get to today's fact. YAAAAAAAAAA!

"Sharks that eat their siblings' eggs in the womb aren't vicious. They're just seeking out nutrients to sustain themselves as they grow."

That means if me & my sister were in my moms tummy at the same time and I ate my sister OR she ate me,it wouldn't mean we were bad it just means that me or her were REALLY hungry. Well I guess I should put my link so you can look at it.

http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/top-shark-facts-02.html

Remember Sharks aren't scary. They are just different!

Also, shark finning guys: THINK ABOUT IT! what have sharks ever done to YOU!?

Did You Know?

Tigers and Elephants kill more people a year than sharks do.

My name is Oscar and I care about saving the sharks.

Be the change you want to see in the world - Ghandi

One day, my family and I went for dim sum.

I was looking at the menu and I saw that there was shark fin dumplings.

I didn't want to go there any more because in school we learned how the sharks were fished. First they catch the shark. Then the fishers cut off the sharks fins. Last they throw the shark back or they keep the shark on the boat to suffer.

It makes me feel bad.

I told my family that going for dim sum, even if we don't buy the shark fin duplings, its still giving them (shark-fin industry) money to keep doing what they're doing.

Sharks aren't scary. They're just different.

This summer, my goal is to post one new shark fact a day and show you why YOU should care, too.

Fact:Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard at sea of the carcass. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish.

source: Sharkwater.com