kaya's quotes

This is an email Sheela sent to family, I thought I would share it with you all since I find it quite comical. The world is so different when seen through the eyes of a young one!



Hello,

We are just about to go to bed after an evening at the American Club (yay for Thursday being the start of the weekend here!) but I had to share Kaya's top three quotes of the day:

1. Kaya and I were riding in a rickshaw and passed a boy who was holding supplies for shining shoes. Kaya asked what they were, and I explained that he had brushes and wipes and other things to make shoes look clean and new. Kaya looked around for a moment at the dust and trash around us and said, "He should do that to the street!"

2. The rickshaw had taken us to the doctor to have Kaya's medical forms signed for school. After the doctor gave him the most cursory examination in the history of medicine and then dismissed us from his office, Kaya bounded outside and asked, "Did he fix me?!"

3. Coming home from the doctor, the elevator was broken (again) so we were walking up to our 5th-floor apartment. On the 3rd floor landing, we passed a small table with burning incense. Kaya asked what it was, so I was explaining that people burn incense to make the air smell nice. He looked at me suspiciously and said, "What did you say?" I said, "It's incense. People burn it like candles, and it smells nice." Kaya said, "People burn insects??"

Maybe you had to be there, but each of these moments was pretty hilarious. It is great to have a kid's perspective on a place as different as Dhaka.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend,
Sheela, Chris and Kaya