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Learn about the World with Abdullah EPISODE 2: India and Kenya

Abdullah Al Sheikhly’s interview with Meera Ghani (804)

Black: Abdullah Blue: Meera

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Welcome to my podcast! Let’s start off with the simplest question: what’s your name? I obviously know it but our listeners might not. Yes, yeah.

Anyways, where are you from?

I’m from India and Kenya.

That’s so cool! So you’re like half-Indian, half-Kenyan?

Yes.

Ok so, yeah, I love Indian culture and Kenyan. I actually don’t know a lot about Kenyan but…

Yeah um, it’s kind of a mix of both, like the languages that I speak are influenced by Swahili which is an African language, and um yeah!

My name is Meera.

That’s such a cool name. What does it mean?

It doesn’t really have a meaning. It’s more of the name of a person from my mythology and legends and stuff. So, what are the majority languages in each country?

Well, the language I speak is Gujarati and that’s from the place of Gujarat, and Hindi is kind of the main language in India, and then yeah like I said, Swahili is an African language.

Oh that’s really cool! So it’s a person from your mythology?

Yes.

So, what are some other common names in your culture?

Some common names are Rajesh, and my brother’s name which is Arjun. Yeah, a lot of names that mean hope or just significant words. Yeah and lots of people form mythology as well. I’ve heard there is like a lot of languages in India. Right, there’s also like Punjabi and Sanskrit, I believe.

Yeah, Sanskrit is more like an ancient language, but it’s still kind of used a little bit.

So where is the region you’re from in India?

Yeah, it’s Gujrat.

Like is it in the north or south?

Yeah, that’s really interesting! So like some words have meaning while others I think it’s north.

Hmm, interesting. So where in the world is…

Yeah India…

India is in like South Asia and then Kenya, where in Africa?

I don’t exactly know where Kenya is, but yeah my dad was born in Uganda which I believe is South Africa. So yeah.

Cool. It’s okay if you don’t know the history, but how did those countries come to be? Were there any big, notable events or movements that formed your country? Was your country ever invaded by another country?

Yes, actually India was colonized by England for a very long time, and I believe they gained independence in the 1940s; actually, my grandma was born a couple of months before India gained independence. She was born in March and they gained independence in August the same year. So yeah that’s pretty cool.

That’s pretty cool. So my next question is what does traditional dress look like for Indian and Kenyan people?

It’s a lot of bright colours and patterns.

For India?

Yeah, for India and I think for Kenya. I think our traditional dress is mostly based around Indian dress, so yeah there’s a lot of reds and oranges and like really vibrant colours.

Do those colours symbolize anything or is it just like happy colours?

I think they just symbolize good luck and stuff. We don’t wear a lot of black or grey stuff, it’s mostly just reds and stuff.

Ok so like what about like decor styles,

Anyways, so I was wondering what religions are like popular in India?

A lot of things include mostly around notable holidays and stuff. So like around Diwali, you’ll see a lot of candles and little clay candle holders. Religions, um I’m gonna say Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism is really big I think. Yeah, I’m pretty sure those are a couple of the main I could think of.

That sounds so pretty!

Haha, yeah it is. There’s a lot of flowers as well, and a lot of gold decor and stuff. Mhm, so that’s really cool! There are a lot of religions.

Yes, there are a lot. Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s a little bit more accurate. There’s like 30 days per month, instead of like 31 some months

Yeah well, that was actually my last question. I hope you had a fun time! I sure did! It was so fun learning about Indian culture and a bit about Kenyan and Ugandan culture! I hope anybody listening has an amazing time! See you in the next episode of Learn About the World With Abdullah!

Ok, that’s great! Now let’s move on to theee most important question. This is literally the most important question for me. FOOD! I love food. Food is my life. Food is my everything. Food makes me happy. So tell me what are your favourite Indian foods and then what are your favourite Kenyan/Ugandan/African foods.

Yeah, so my favourite Indian foods are definitely the sweets. The desserts are absolutely amazing. I think my favourite would have to be like this rice pudding, we call it kheer and it has saffron and nutmeg, and it’s just really warm and it’s great in the winter.

Sounds really good!

Aha yeah, and my favourite African/Kenyan food I guess would be cassava. Cassava is this like vegetable. And we basically just chop it up and cook it and then you can have it with a bunch of like spices and like sauces and stuff like that and yeah it’s really good. So what are some holidays and notable events in Indian culture? Oh wait sorry um is there any religions in Kenya? Bye!

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Um, I don’t really know. I think my culture is more based around Indian culture and then the languages and stuff are more based around African stuff.

So I think you know more about India.

Episode 1: The Cruel Prince

Yeah…

Ok, so I’ll try to focus more on India. Ok so what are some holidays and notable events in Indian culture Meera Ghani (806) with Isuri Fernando (804)

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Diwali is definitely I think the biggest one in India. Yeah, it’s really widely celebrated. Meera: Hi Bookies! Welcome to Overbooked. EPISODE 2!

Isuri: Welcome back!

Meera: We are both so glad that you guys were able to join us for this episode.

Isuri: This will be our first book review!

It’s the Festival of Lights?

Yeah, it’s the Festival of Lights, yeah and lots of family gatherings, and it’s kind of like thanksgiving but yeah I can’t think of any others. There’s the new year. So actually Diwali is more like Christmas and a couple of days after is the new year which is kind of less known in Canada and stuff.

It’s not related to the Canadian New Year, right?

No *title music*

Meera: For this episode, we will be reviewing The cruel prince

Isuri: This book was actually read by both of us!

Meera: Yep! It’s really good. The writing style really brings the characters to life.

Isuri: I love this book! It has such an amazing plot! Ok so, how this is going to work is that we have gathered questions from the internet which we will be answering. This way we should be able to explain most of

Like there’s a different calendar?

Yeah, there’s a different calendar and the Indian calendar actually goes off of the Lunar New Year. So I think it‘s the time it takes for the moon to go around the Earth. Yeah, there are a lot of countries that use the lunar calendar.

Meera: Sounds fun! Let’s get started.

Isuri: Okay so first question. What is the main plot of this book?

Meera: The main plot of the book is about Jude, a human girl living among faeries. She wants to fit in, but her stubbornness and determination cause her to stand out among the royal family, where she aspires to become a knight.

Isuri: One quote that really grabbed my attention was, “If I cannot be better than them, then I will become so much worse.” Which explains Jude’s aspiration towards succeeding and being better than her enemies.

Meera: I love that quote so much. True words spoken by Jude herself. Moving on, the second question is, who are the main characters in this book.

Isuri: I would say that the two main characters in this book are Cardan and Jude. The book revolves around their character development. Jude has had a pretty traumatic childhood, her parents were killed by a man named Madoc and she and her siblings were pretty much forced into faerie. She started a whole new life in a place where no one accepted mortals (humans).

Meera: Speaking of a traumatic childhood, let's talk about Cardan. We can see Cardan relentlessly bully Jude and her twin sister Taryn throughout the entire book. There was never a real reason towards why he was doing this, other than the obvious, which is her being mortal. We don’t get to know much about Cardans past in the first book, but we unlock more as we dive into the other books of this trilogy.

Isuri: If I am going to be completely honest, I hated his personality at the start of the book.

Meera: Yes, he definitely improves as a person later on.

Isuri: Definitely!

Meera: Ok, let’s talk about what we liked about this book. The thing I liked about this book was that it was a very detailed journey on each of the characters point of view and emotions. The author put a lot into that aspect of the book. What do you think, Isuri?

Isuri: Personally for me, I thoroughly enjoyed the plot twist that Holly Black incorporated. There were two major plot twists that I enjoyed. One of them (SPOILER ALERT) was when Jude crowned Cardan. He definitely did not see it coming. She manipulated him into crowning himself which I thought was a genius move. Another part I liked about this book was the character designs and how the characters behaved. Holly Black wrote great character descriptions and my favorite character would have to be Cardan, now that I have finished reading the trilogy. The characters coexisting with each whilst still having such different lifestyles was what made this book a 100 times more enjoyable.

Meera: Wow, you really have in-depth thoughts about this book! Would you want to read another book by this author? I know you mentioned that you have read the rest of the trilogy.

Isuri: Yes I have! I would definitely recommend reading the rest of it if you have already finished the first one.

Meera: Actually, The Wicked King is currently on my to be read shelf. I can’t wait...!

Isuri: Alright guys so this is where this month's episode wraps up.

Meera: Please feel free to email either Isuri or I if you guys have any questions or any ideas on what books we should read and review next. We are all ears when it comes to book recommendations.

Isuri: Thank you so much for tuning in for our latest episode. We hope to see you for our next one, and as always enjoy reading!

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Digital Art tips: Highlight

by Elly Chen, 803

In this article, you’ll learn some pretty easy but useful art tips and instructions on how to draw highlights on something. The most common example is hair highlights because people add highlights to hair all the time.

(App used: ibisPaint X. Even though you don’t use this app, you can find most of the “tools” you need in the app you’re using. Such as Procreate.)

“Tools”:

 Smudge  Paint brush (of course)  Alpha Lock

#2: Another way

#1: most common way to draw highlights

Let’s say this is a random strand of hair, and you ‘re going to add highlights to it.

Step 1:

Now, go to “layers” and make sure the Alpha Lock is “on” (I know it’s Chinese, but it means “Alpha Lock”). If the Alpha Lock is “on”, you can make random strokes on this layer but the strokes you made will stay inside the strand of hair.

Step 2:

And then you draw. Dark to light colours. Hair highlights are usually brightest in the middle.

(“Smudge”)

Step 3:

Next, use the smudge tool and smudge the colours.

Tools: Same thing and blur tool

Repeat step 1-2, but this time make sure the smudge brush is not too big.

Use “blur” to blur the highlights so it looks softer.

#3: Easiest way

Tools:  Blur  Smudge  Eyedropper  Brush

Add “Normal”

Step 1:

Add a new layer, press the “Normal” button to select the type of layer, and then select “add” (stay on this second layer).

Step 2:

Use “Eyedropper”

”Eyedropper” You don’t have to press this button in order to use eyedropper. Just use your finger and press-and-hold the screen. Eyedropper can pick colours from any layer. It activates a magnifying glass that looks like an upside down teardrop. Release your finger after you pick the colour. No need to turn on the Alpha Lock because this special layer type is for drawing highlights.

Step 3:

You don’t have to draw something like the first step of the first way to draw highlights. All you have to do is make one stroke, and that’s it.

Step 4:

Use smudge and blur again.

All these ways to draw highlights are not only for hair! You can use these ways to draw furballs (even though they don’t have highlights) or grass to make them look better.

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Grade 8—Oscar Chen, 801

Sibling

by Radha Maria Vargas-Saravanamuttu, 705

He kicks the plastic cube aside Bang! echoes in his ears as he finds a place to hide. He shrieks for distraction and then zips away The thrill is so great that he must shriek again. Exhilaration bounds through his sight Shimmering, bubbling, soaring to heights Unknown before - now he just has to dance Though he knows he’s taking a dangerous chance. And as he slips through the hall, delicate, alive Slippery consciousness snakes through his mind Should he really be trying? It’s clearly forbidden. Is it worth all the noise or the trying to stay hidden? Inside, the gnawing guilt is igniting But… that “not allowed” is what makes it exciting. So he runs past it all and into the black Of the unlit room. Now there’s no turning back.

No amount of pleading “stop!” Will control this whirlwind or cause him to flop Back down to the floor, across which he slides He zips through the door, electricity subsides. She’s left, just staring, feet limp on cold ground… Conspicuous spot screaming “look at me now!” And, oh, There on the wall, where the painting used to be A purple-red disaster-scene, “You can’t catch me!”

Congratulations to Radha Maria for placing third overall in the Poetry In Voice 2022 junior recitation competition!

Radha Maria is one of nine students named Canada’s top junior reciters, receiving $100, and the HSC Learning Commons will receive $200 for the purchase of poetry books. She will also receive a certificate that celebrates her achievement of representing HSC in this national contest.

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Wr iting Prompt Poems

Thank you for all the poems that you submitted! We will feature some in this issue and the next.

Blizzard Ballroom

by Viann Whatley, 604

Blissful dancing, filled with the tips and clicks of ice touching each other. Snow surrounded in a danceful place of music, built in a blizzard, yet so calm. Not a care for what the outside might bring in. Just hearing the tips and clicks of ice touching each other. With Dancers of ice, In this Ballroom built in a Blizzard. A Blizzard Ballroom

Poem by Abi Guy, 604

A Chant for Peace

by Taj Blasse, 603

Haiku and photo

by Meleesa Hamzehian, 601

Powdery snow falls slowly,

Snowy Owls hoot in the distance

Snow covers where people are chanting

For peace and love and no more violence

Everyday lives are taken,

Leaving the souls of many broken.

When will it end?

The frozen pond keeps Secret moonlit swims and sighs Locked in silent ice

Poem by Abdullah Tahir, 602 Poem by Amelia Costello, 602

A tree with no leaves stands cold and alone. A heart half empty No one to hug, no one to hold. Just all alone with the feeling of cold. Children pass by at least twice a day. As the tree watches the children that are filled with glee, The tree's heart becomes less empty. The feeling of cold slowly fades away. As the glee and kindness quickly grow up the tree. As the children decide to plant a tree. And the lonely cold tree is now filled with happiness and glee.

by Nicholas Szpakowski, 601

A Lost Fog Horn

Story by Juliet Finley, 705

(Updated version—previously shared in May 2021)

Peter sat up in bed suddenly, scared. He heard a noise coming from outside his window beside the ocean. The waves were crashing everywhere, and there wasn’t much of a moon. The dark water crashed up again and again, but Peter didn’t care about the water. He wanted to know what that noise was, so he scanned the beach. When he saw nothing, he shut the window and crawled back in bed. The sound of the water was quiet, but Peter could still hear it. He found this strange because when the window was closed, he could never hear the water. He decided he must have chipped the glass and lay down in bed, tired. He fell asleep before he had thought about the noise he heard.

Three hours later, Peter woke up again with the same noise: a scream. Peter ran to his window and immediately knew something was wrong; the window he had bolted shut was now wide open. Peter stared at the window and was about to head back to bed when the scream came again and he saw something in the distance. The light from the old lighthouse was on. That’s impossible, Peter thought, that light hasn’t worked in years.

Before I continue, I should probably tell you about Peter's past. His parents got divorced when he was three, and neither of them wanted to have him or his brother because they didn’t want to remember the life they’d lost. So his aunt and uncle took Peter in, and so did his grandparents to his little brother, Mike. Peter’s aunt and uncle didn’t really like him, so he’d never had a parent figure. Peter rarely got to see Mike since he lived far away, and his grandparents didn’t care much for Peter. Peter missed Mike more than he missed his parents though because he and his father argued a lot, and he was furious at his mother for not wanting him to live with her. So whenever his parents called his aunt and uncle (which wasn’t often because they didn’t want to hear about Peter), he went down to the beach, and that was how he met Brian: a boy who was fifteen years old (three years older than Peter). Together they had made a lot of mischief. Peter normally was very obedient and wouldn’t get up to trouble, but with Brian, he was always in trouble. They egged Brian’s older brother’s car, they set Peter’s aunt’s oven to maximum heat so the food was ruined, they made prank calls, they spray-painted the sides of buildings, and once or twice Brian even shoplifted. Now, about the lighthouse...

Brian had told Peter all he knew about the lighthouse—how it had once been in good shape and had a light housekeeper to keep the light running. Then one night, a ship called the R.M.S. Montana full of valuables had been coming to the harbour, but the lighthouse keeper had been sleeping on the job and hadn’t turned the light on, so the ship had sunk. Only one person had survived, and it was the lookout. He was furious with the keeper, for his brother (the first mate) had drowned in the accident. So, he climbed the stairs to the top, and when he got there, he found the lighthouse keeper still sleeping on the ground. The man searched his pockets but failed to find anything that would kill. Then he tackled the keeper to the ground and began to choke him. The lighthouse keeper woke up and began to fight the man on him. The lighthouse keeper was much bigger than the lookout, so he began to tear him off, but they were so busy rolling around on the ground that they didn’t see the drop off the lighthouse. They both rolled right off it, still trying to kill each other. When everyone discovered what happened, no one wanted to take the job as lighthouse keeper, so the lighthouse became unkempt, and when the light broke, no ships would come and dock at night.

Peter knew this story because Brian often told it to little kids to scare them, so he knew quite well that the light shouldn’t be on. He quickly went downstairs but made sure he was quiet, knowing he would be scolded by his uncle for being out so early in the morning. He was successful in not being heard. Next, he pulled on his shoes and grabbed his coat. He knew it would be cold. Peter ran down the beach, heading towards the point where the lighthouse was.

After running for half an hour, Peter had arrived at the little point that held the lighthouse. He went inside slowly, not knowing what to expect. He searched every floor and found nothing out of the ordinary, but then he had to search the top floor where the light was. He flicked the switch, and to his enormous surprise, the light went on. Suddenly, the world started to spin. He heard a foghorn, and mist began to come into the room from the light. Peter was thrown onto his back and suddenly felt very sleepy.

When Peter woke up he was no longer in the lighthouse. He was on the deck of a mighty ship. There were men in uniforms running everywhere. People saw him but didn’t seem to notice he didn’t belong.

“Hey, you, assistant lookout!” A person shouted at Peter. “Get to the crow’s nest! It’s really rocky tonight and we can’t be bumping into any rocks!”

Peter stared at the man who looked very official. Why was this man calling him as-

sistant lookout? He looked at his body to see if he was wearing anything funny and he was! He was wearing a uniform that looked like the lookouts’, and he had a sailor’s cap on. The man in front of him must be the captain. keep your job as a lookout, shut your mouth and go to the crow’s nest!” He pointed to a basket on top of the ship. The ladder was rickety, and the basket moved in the furious wind. There was a man at the top looking around.

“Yes sir!” Peter squeaked.

“You’re the new boy aren’t you?” the captain asked. “We’re on a voyage and we’re making two stops. We just stopped at one today. I heard our lookout had to quit. Are you the replacement?”

Peter decided this would be a good reason why all these people never saw him before, so he replied, “Yes, I’m the replacement.”

“Well, then come with me!” The captain said “here on the R.M.S. Montana, we have no time for daydreaming! We have a big delivery that must happen soon!”

Peter didn’t hear the captain talking about daydreaming because the moment Peter heard R.M.S Montana, he froze. He knew this boat, but how could he be on it when it had sunk more than two hundred years ago?

“How is this the Montana?” Peter asked as he hurried along. “Didn’t it sink?”

The captain was not happy to hear this. “Boy look around you!” he exclaimed “Nothing here is sunk! Now if you want to “No!” Peter said aloud before he could stop himself. He managed to not say, “it’s the person the one who fights the lighthouse keeper.”

“Boy, what are you doing standing around?” the captain asked. “Get up there!”

Reluctantly, Peter climbed up the ladder. It was shaking the whole time, and he felt certain he would be tossed into the cold water. When he reached the top, he looked at the person who was already there. He was the wettest person Peter had ever seen—his uniform was sopping, and his hat was on the ground. “Little boy,” the man said, “take your cap off and put it on the ground if you don’t want it blown right off!” Peter took off his cap and put it at the bottom of the lookout basket. Just then, the basket jerked from a big gust of wind, and Peter slipped on the wet floor and nearly fell. “Careful kid,” the lookout said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a periscope and handed it to Peter. “Ok boy, start looking. If you see anything wrong, shout out! Got it?”

“Got it!” Peter told him.

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“Good,” said the look out as he began to climb down the ladder.

Peter stared at the man descending down the ladder and he was instantly scared, he knew this boat was going to sink and he knew what was going to happen when it sunk. He didn’t know how close he was to the time it sunk, and he couldn’t go down and ask because he was supposed to be on watch. Peter decided he would wait until someone came to take his place, and then he would try to find a way to escape from the boat.

What seemed like ten hours later, the lookout came up the ladder and told him he could have a break. “Go and ask someone to show you to the boy’s cabin. In the room there are four bunks. Take one of the unoccupied ones. When you hear a bell ringing three times, come back here. When you hear the bell ringing once, go and find the cafeteria. Any questions?”

“What's your name?” Peter asked.

“Paul!” the man replied. “Now get a move on, and don’t forget your hat.”

Peter grabbed his hat and went down the ladder. When he reached the bottom, he was extremely cold and wet. He saw a man walking across the deck, so Peter ran to him. “Excuse me, sir,” he said in a small voice. “Do you know where the Boy’s cabin is?”

“Go down the stairs to the last door on the left!” the man told him.

Peter found the stairs and ran down them. He found a lot of hallways, but he saw one on his left that said Boy’s Room. Peter opened the door and walked in. It was an okay room. It had four bunk beds, two against each wall; six of the bunks were messy, and one had a person sleeping on it. Peter saw a bunk that had no one on it, so he went to it and opened the box on it. Inside were two uniforms that looked like his and a canteen. The best part of the room was the open porthole, which meant the room was all wet with sea spray. Peter ran to the porthole and closed it. He then looked around the wet room. He shivered and decided to go and put on some dry clothes. He went to the box on his bed and he changed into a dry outfit and hung up his old one. It was nice to have a dry outfit on. Next, he

squeezed out his hat and put it on his head. Just then, a bell sounded.

Peter grabbed his canteen, went to the door, opened it, and walked out. He found a door that said cafeteria on it. The door opened into a room with a few tables and benches. There was a pile of paper bags sitting on one table and a group of people sitting and a table eating. Peter walked over to the table with the food on it and grabbed a bag. He assumed that it would be okay for him to sit with some of the other people, so he walked over to the table where there was a big group. He found a spot that was empty and sat down.

Peter looked at the group and realized that these people probably wouldn't want to talk with the assistant lookout, so he remained silent. Then, a tall man looked at Peter and said, “I haven’t seen you around here before! When did you start?”

Peter nearly choked, and he hadn’t even started eating. All he could do was mutter, “Oh, this is my first trip. I used to hide from other sailors because I didn’t want to get in the way!” The man seemed to accept the excuse because he shrugged and continued eating. Peter opened the bag and almost gagged. Inside was a small fish and a chunk of bread.

“Be careful with that canteen, boy!” someone told him, pointing to the canteen Peter had put on the table. “It’s the only one you get. But you fill it up every Peter nodded and took a big slug from the canteen. He immediately spit it all out and gagged. “What is that?” he asked.

“Lemon juice,” a man told Peter gruffly, “so you don’t get scurvy!”

Peter nodded and took a small sip. It was sour and tasted terrible, but Peter had heard about what happened if you got scurvy, so he finished the canteen, shaking. He then looked in his bag and nearly spit all the lemon juice out—the fish looked gross. He reached into the bag and took out the chunk of bread and took a bite. It was stale and incredibly hard to chew, but Peter didn’t think these people would like it if he took the bread out of his mouth, so he kept on chewing. When he had finished it, he looked at the fish and wanted to barf. The fish was grey and lumpy, and Peter was nearly certain that it was raw.

“Do you want this?” he asked a man.

The man grabbed the fish and chewed it, then spit out the bones on the table. Peter gulped and stood up and walked to his cabin. He put his canteen down on the bed and was about to lie down when the bell sounded three times in a row. Peter knew he had to go back on lookout—he didn’t want his dry clothes to get wet, so he quickly changed into his wet ones and ran out to the lookout post. As he climbed, Peter wanted to wake up. He wanted to wake up and realize that he was in bed. When he got to the top of the ladder, the man standing there started descending down the Peter was getting more and more scared the more time he spent on the boat. He knew it was a death sentence and wanted to get back to his time. He decided that he needed to find out how and why he was stuck in this time on this boat. Peter stood in the crow’s nest thinking for hours when suddenly, the lookout came.

“Go, boy. You have five hours of sleep, don’t waste them!”

Peter grinned and began to climb down the ladder, but it was slippery from the rain, and before Peter knew what was happening, his foot slipped and he began to fall. (to be continued…)

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The cheapest items in each of the first three stores are:

Snow Pants ($100), iPhone Case ($25), and ‘Happy Holidays’ Sign ($8) That amount of money plus the $24 of the globe he already paid would make the price of the globe to be: 100 + 25 + 8 + 24 = $157 So the answer is 157 dollars.

Adding all the things he bought and the $24 of the globe he paid, the sum would be:

100 + 150 + 202 + 6 + 50 + 25 + 600 + 150 + 8 + 50 + 50 + 24 = $1415 The money he brought would be 1415 dollars.

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