The Languazine Issue 1 by St George's International School, Luxembourg

P.04 Miss Know It All

P.05 Recipes

P.06 Sport

P.13 Nuovo Papa

P.14 Travel

P.17 Eurovision

P.18 Interview Karl Nova

P.24 Recipes

P.25 Comics

P.27 Wordsearch

P.28 Quiz

from the Editors

Dear students, parents and teachers reading this,

My team and I have been working super hard these past few months to achieve this goal of creating this magazine for all of you to read and enjoy. We have poured our hearts and souls into spending half of every single lunch break since December to make this happen. There have been hard and easy times in this journey together, but it has brought us all closer together. We hope that you enjoy the magazine and have fun reading it.

I would like to thank Martin, Lea, Orhan, Jakob, Leo G, Leo B, Ellie, Cora, Sofia, Chiara, Maria, Pablo, Edward and Lorenzo

These are all the people who made the magazine along with me. Yours sincerely Sofia Pons Ramon Llin

Miss Know It All

Title

Football

The FIFA World Cup

By Lorenzo and Pablo

ING Marathon

Papa Leone XIV ascende al soglio pontificio, segnando un momento storico per la Chiesa Cattolica

In un evento epocale in Vaticano, Robert Francis Prevost è stato eletto 267° Papa, assumendo il nome di Leone XIV. Il cardinale nato a Chicago, noto per il suo vasto lavoro in America

Latina e in Europa, è stato scelto dopo due giorni di votazioni nella Cappella Sistina. La sua elezione segue la scomparsa di Papa Francesco e inaugurerà ufficialmente il suo pontificato con una messa in Piazza San Pietro il 18 maggio. Papa Leone XIV ha sottolineato una visione di unità e dialogo, esortando i cattolici di tutto il mondo ad abbracciare una Chiesa missionaria che costruisce ponti. La sua leadership segna un

Nome vero: Robert francis

Nome da papa: Leone XIV

Data di nascita: 14 Settembre 1955

Luogo di nascita: Chicago

Scritto da Maria Stragapede

Japan

Traveling To Japan Japan is a beautiful country and very nice to travel to.

But sometimes We need to know what to do as we could be doing Disrespectful things without noticing, so here are some tips and points to know when traveling to Japan. Things to never do:

Putting chopsticks in rice can be very disrespectful because it resembles a reminder of death or wish of death and is used only at funerals.

Never be too loud in public as it can disrupt the calm and peaceful atmosphere. If you don’t remove your shoes in certain places you could be in big trouble because it is very cultural and shows a sign of respect.

Don’t blow your nose in public because it is considered rude and impolite. Things you should do:

Bowing is very important because it shows a sign of respect or to greet, thank or apologize. Controlling noise level keeps the atmosphere at peace.Remove shoes whenever possible as it shows a big sign of respect and keeps inside areas clean.

keii o arawashi, aisatsu, kansha, shazai o suru sai ni hijō ni jūyōdesu. • Sōon o osaeru koto de, ochitsuita fun’iki o tamotsu koto ga dekimasu. Kanōnakagiri kutsu o nugu koto wa, keii o arawashi, okunai o seiketsu ni Nihon e no ryokō Nihon wa utsukushī kuni de, ryokō suru ni wa totemo yoi bashodesu. Shikashi, kidzukanai uchi ni shitsureina koto o shite shimau koto mo aru node,do u subeki ka o shitte oku hitsuyō ga arimasu. Sokode, Nihon o ryokō suru sai ni shitte okubeki hinto to pointo o ikutsu ka go shōkai shimasu. Zettai ni shite wa ikenai koto: • Gohan ni hashi o ireru no wa, shi ya shi o negau kimochi o rensō sa seru tame, hijō ni shitsureina kōidesu. Sōgi de nomi okonawa remasu. • Kōkyō no ba de sawagi sugiru to, odayakade heiwana fun’iki o midasu kanōsei ga aru tame, zettai ni shite wa ikemasen. • Tokutei no basho de kutsu o nuganai to, ōkina mondai ni naru kanōsei ga arimasu. Kore wa hijō ni bunka-tekina kōideari, keii no arawaredesu. • Kōkyō no ba de hanawokamu no wa, shitsurei de shitsurei to minasa reru tame, yamemashou. Subeki koto: • Ojigi wa, tamotsu ue de hijō ni jūyōdesu.

Interview Karl N

Interviewers: Maria Stragapede, Martin Kolev, Lea Venkatapen, Edward Yormesor, Sofia Pons

Interviewer: how did you decide that you wanted to become a poet?

Karl nova: okay, so the first thing I have to tell you, is I never got to do poetry in school, we just never did it. So, when I found out about rap music, and my cousin was telling me that its connected to poetry, “and this is poetry, and this…” and it’s fun! It’s the most fun thing, and I was like, I love it. So, if my cousin hadn’t introduced me to poetry through rap music I don’t think I would be a poet. But for my cousin, from when I was like 10 years old, he just made me know I could do it. And then I would just always write all the time, and I just kept doing it. And I found friends in my secondary school and were all just writing and rapping and doing it all the time. So that helped as well, my cousin and my friends.

Interviewer: so, your motive was your cousin?

Karl nova: yeah, my cousin made me know it was fun, and I’m like “so you want to tell me, and I could be a rapper like the guy I’m seeing on the TV? It’s possible?” cause I’d never thought of it. And that was motivation, cause he was doing it, and he was like a man, and I was like just a little boy. Let’s go! So, my cousin inspired me and so as I got older, in secondary school I had friends who were musical, cause I sing as well, and we were just like singing and doing stuff together. So that was fun

Interviewer: were you in a club or something like that?

Karl nova: so, we didn’t have a writing club but my friends pretended we were a rap group, and we called ourselves “the kings”, shame. Shame. Shame. but we thought we were cool and like “yeah we’re the kings“ and then we’d write raps in class and then we’d just rap it to ourselves. We were too scared to go on the stage, but we used to just do it for fun.

Interviewer: did you ever feel like giving up? What motivated you to keep on going?

Karl nova: ooh, so when I started doing it for real, so now my friends and I formed a group and we called ourselves “tribes” and we would rap in talent shows around the community. So, that was encouraging but when my dad found out, he was so mad he told me t0 stop. But I just couldn’t stop cause I think what encouraged me to keep me going was I just loved to do it. Now I didn’t think I would be it for real though, I just thought “its a fun thing to do” when I came back to London I started Thinking, “maybe I can be a rapper for real” and that made me motivated to never give up. And that’s how I got here.

Interviewer: so, it started as a hobby, and it became a profession?

Karl nova: it first started as a hobby and then people are like “you know you are good; you could be a real rapper or poet or whatever” so first a hobby, correct. Then its my job, I’m doing this everyday, I’m making music and writing books and poems.

Interviewer: what were your parents’ first reactions?

Karl nova: my dad was not happy, he was so unhappy. And you know the funny thing? I have just recently learnt that when my dad was in secondary school, he was in a band! He was in a band that used to do shows. He used to play the drums! So I’m like “dad you were in a band, its in the blood!” but he was like “no, do this in school, it’s a more secure job”.

Interviewer: did you have a plan b or was being a rapper your plan all the way?

Karl nova: for me, the plan b was to go to university and study to be a tv presenter, so I studied to be a tv presenter or a radio presenter, that was going to be my job, cause I thought, “if I cant be a musician or a rapper, can I be a tv presenter? can I be a journalist?” and my dad was like “you can do that one”. so that was the plan b. So now that I’m an artist and a poet I am still going to do tv and radio too, cause I want to do that extra. Because you can do anything! Now its content creation isn’t it? People have their own YouTube channel, they make what they want to make, this is a new world, you can do many things at once. Mr beast for example is a content creator, where he does charity things, he does other things, so you can do many things at once now.

Interviewer: what inspired you to write your first song?

Karl nova: my first song… when I heard all the cool rap songs I liked, I was like “can I make a song as cool as maybe somebody a rapper like Tyler the creator or jay z” so my motivation was “can I make a song that is as good as this? That people who like this person maybe will like me” so that’s the challenge. Cause its hard making a song people like, people don’t care, they listen to who they want to listen to. So, that’s the motivation.

Interviewer: is there someone specific who inspired you?

Karl nova: ooh, I have a lot of rappers I like but I always say this rapper is my favourite rapper; he’s an older rapper, he’s called NAS. He writes in a very poetic way, so he doesn’t just rap nonsense like “Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah” he sings stuff; he’s talking bout his neighbourhood, he’s talking bot his family. The way he writes is cool, I just wanted to be like him so I practice. I have so many raps that are so cringe, so I put them in a box in my house and hide them. I never let anybody hear them, they’re bad. But if they’re good, I let people hear them. So NAS, the rapper, yes

Interview Karl N

Interviewers: Maria Stragapede, Martin Kolev, Lea Venkatapen, Edward Yormesor, Sofia Pons

Interviewer: what is your favourite song that you created?

Karl nova: I have a song called “future”, a lot of people who like my music seem to like that one a lot. So if you look it up there’s a music video on YouTube as well. I was just talking about the future. I wrote it during the pandemic where everyone was like “oh, the world is coming to an end”. I just wrote the future, like “we have a future, why are we acting as if the world is to end?” type of thing. So that was the idea.

Interviewer: how many books/poems did you write?

Karl nova: so I’ve written 2 books. The fist one is called “rhythm and poetry”, and the newer one is called “the curious case of Karl nova” and I’m working on a new book now, and I’m very excited about it. All I can tell you about this book is that its going to be a lot about me, I’ve created a character, its like an adventure type book.

Interviewer: so you want your lyrics to have a meaning, not just to be random

Karl nova: yeah! I mean there’s nothing wrong with fun, I have some random songs. I have a poem called “the silliest poem I’ve ever written“, its just stupid. its good to laugh, I’m a funny guy, but also I want to write stuff that is meaningful. Especially to help young people. Cause sometimes you know, people forget that you guys are going through a lot of things. I want to write thing that encourage you, motivate you, inspire you, make you think, maybe make you look at things in different way. Cool things like that.

Interviewer: did you enjoy writing your famous hits like inside out?

Karl nova: inside out is a new song that just came out, I wrote that in the winter cause it was cold, I’m from London. So I wrote this song cause even though its cold outside I feel warm inside but it works in a double meaning. I feel warm in my house, cause the heating is on but, you know how you say, “the world is cold and evil”? I’m not going to let the world make me a cold person. I’m going to be a warm hearted and cool person.

Interviewer: you also have a song called “softie softie”?

Karl nova: softie softie is a saying that people in Nigeria will say. It means take your time, watch your step. You know how sometimes you’re rushing and you might fall over? The elders will say softie softie, watch how you go. So that’s what that song is about. Interviewer: when people disagreed with your choice of being a rapper, how did you feel? karl nova: if it is someone I care about, it can be hard. I wanted my dad to understand that I loved to do this, so it was hard at first. He will never say he agrees with what I’m doing. And its not like I’m being a bad rapper. I’m not trying to be a gangster. I’m not trying to be a bad man., rapper as we say. I’m trying to cool stuff. So its disappointing, I cant lie. My mum is on my side, my mum supports me, my mum likes what I do. So that’s cool.

Interviewer: now that more people know you, is your dad proud of you or is he still a bit mad?

Karl nova: when my first book, “rhythm and poetry” won an award, that’s why its got a gold sticker on it, I sent him a message saying “dad, I won an award”, he just sent me a text message back that said “well done”. But he refused to talk to me for a long time. And sadly my dad passed away 2 years ago. He never wanted to talk to me again. So that’s a bit sad. But my mum though, supports. My sisters, they are my big fans. My brother, “heeeyyyyy!!!”. My friends, support. There are haters, I do have haters. I’ve had people come on my social media and diss me. You know trolls, leaving bad comments on my YouTube, sometimes. I block them. Not everybody’s going to like you. That’s the thing you have to always learn. The hard lesson of life, not everyone is going to like you or what you do. That’s cool. The most important thing is that you like what you do. And you know you have some supporters like maybe family. So focus on the support.

Interviewer: when you said you went back to Nigeria, did you ever go to any other countries in Africa?

Karl nova: I did an African tour last year; I went to south Africa, Uganda, Ghana, ivory coast, Senegal. So those are the African countries I’ve been to. But other countries I’ve been to are like; China, Mongolia, Canada, USA, turkey, Cyprus, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, I’ve been around. Interviewer: out of all the countries that you’ve performed in, which one was your favourite? Karl nova: Slovakia was one of the best. But when I went to China, that was really cool. Cause I was there for 3 weeks. I went to five different cities, that was scary. And I was there by myself. And China is so far. So China was cool. Yeah. Everywhere I’ve been to is cool. I will say this because I’m in Luxembourg, Luxembourg is cool!

Interviewer: do you know the reason why your mum moved you to Nigeria?

Karl nova: I did not know at first, but when I came back to London, I asked her, “why did you do this?” she said, “Karl, I wanted you to know your dad better, I wanted you to know where you come from, I wat you know your culture.” And she felt that if she did not do this, my dad would not be in my life a lot. She felt it was important that as a boy, I should have my dad as a role model. I guess they’ll say, “every son needs a father” so those were her reasons. But you know what I said? I would have preferred to be in London the whole time”. But it’s happened. So, me and my mum are cool now. We’re close.

Interview Karl N

Interviewers: Maria Stragapede, Martin Kolev, Lea Venkatapen, Edward Yormesor, Sofia Pons

Interviewer: do you feel that your mum’s decision was the right decision?

Karl nova: do you know what? Now I can say, it was good that it happened. The only thing I will say is I don’t like how it happened. If she had explained to me as a kid “Karl, you’re going to stay with your dad for a while, and after that you’re going to come back. I want you to know where you’re from, I want you to know your culture, I want you to know this, this, this” even though id be 7, I think id be able to say “ok” maybe I could see you a bit more, maybe I could come for holidays, ok.

Interviewer: do you think this made you a better person?

Karl nova: I am 100% a better person because of what happened, I’ve had to survive, I’ve had to develop resilience, be strong and I’ve learnt so many things. I’ve made so many friends that are still my friends today. I’ve known about the food we eat, the language we speak, how we dress and I think its made me a better person. There was some pain, I cried a lot. But that’s ok. That’s made me more sensitive to people. If I see someone going through something, it makes me want to help them, encourage them. things like that.

Interviewer: how long have you been a rapper/poet?

Karl nova: so, because I learnt how to do this at the age of 10, writing has been of my life. But I’ll say when I released “rhythm and poetry”, it 2017, that’s when I felt that I was all-rounder. So, I think when this book came out, I felt like “yeah, I’m now an author, a rapper, a poet” and when I won an award, I could not believe when it happened. I was so surprised .I didn’t think anybody cared. 2017 when this book came out, that felt like “you’re really doing this now”.

Interviewer: when you have beats, do you make your own or do you have someone to do them for you?

Karl nova: I make my own music because I feel like I’m the only one that knows how I want it to sound in my head. And because I learnt music, I can make my music and record it myself in my house and anything you see on Spotify or apple music or YouTube, I created.

Interviewer: do you have a favourite quote?

Karl nova: there’s a quote that goes: “in the myths of winter I found that I had within me an invincible summer”. What that means is that, you know the song “inside out” you talked about, no matter how crazy or cold the world is, I have inner strength to overcome. And that is for all of you. No matter what happens to you, just know you have the inner strength to overcome. Wow that sounded wise. Ha ha ha!