This blog belongs to Owen who is 11 years old. He moved to Grenada in September 2014 with us, his family, while I volunteer with Cuso International. He is sharing his thoughts about moving to a foreign country, living in the Caribbean and how it is to come home after ten months away.




Sunday, 24 August 2014

An empty room

For the last few weeks we have been emptying my room.

Most of my stuff is in Ama's basement. (Including my Rider's gear.)

A boy named John will be staying in my room while I am gone. My room is the biggest (except for mom's) so John lucked out getting the next biggest room.

I am hoping to buy some decorations in St. George to make my new room feel like home.

Monday, 18 August 2014

What I'll miss/What I'll love

These are the things I think I am going to miss about being in Grenada:
  • playing with Lego
  • playing on the Wii
  • playing my DS
  • my grandmas
  • my house
  • my friends
  • my cousins and aunts and uncles
  • pancakes
  • poutine
  • pizza
  • ice cream
  • Sheppard's pie
Some of the things I think I am going to love about Grenada:
  • new friends
  • the ocean
  • the warmth
  • waterfalls
  • fishing
  • having my family around
  • having breakfast with monkeys outside

Sunday, 10 August 2014

Parkwood Estate - Oshawa

Last weekend I went to Parkwood estate. It was very beautiful. We went back for the basement tour. The basement wasn't as spectacular as the rest of the house, but there was the other part of the kitchen that I got to see.

The owner made his money by making and selling cars. He was the owner of General Motors. He liked having the latest technology.

In Grenada there will be plantations to visit, like Belmont. I don't think the houses will be as grand but I think the properties will be as pretty.

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

A camping I will go...

Last week I went to a camp. It was a bible camp at the Brighton Fellowship Christian Reformed Church. I enjoyed it. It was very fun because we got to play games and do crafts. We also learned some bible stories. Some of the crafts we did were drawing and decorating a small wooden chest into a treasure chest. One of the games was dressing up in snorkeling gear and a life jacket and running to a kiddie pool and back again. I learned how to make new friends which will help me in Grenada.

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Left vs right


When we move to Grenada my mom will work far away so we will need to buy a car

I think when I am in Grenada we will have an old car that has the steering wheel on the right side of the car. I hope the car will be a nice shade of white because white will reflects the sun so it will be cooler. People drive on left side of the road unlike in Canada we dive on the right side of the road.

When we leave we  Grenada we will sell the car.  Cars cost between $6,000 XCD and $35,000.