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A Chat With Cahaya

My friend Karen and her five-year daughter, *Cahaya Rain (CR) always have these interesting conversations between them. Some of the conversations intrigue me. 


Karen : What would you like to be when you grow up?


CR : Haven't I told you before ??? A teacher !


Karen : Ok. Ok. You can carry on the family tradition ! Daddy's mum and both grandmas were teachers and headmistresses. And my mum was a teacher. Where would you like to work ? You could work anywhere in the world as a teacher. 


CR : Garden School, of course ! (pensive for a while) I've changed my mind, I don't want to grow up. 


Karen : Why ?? 


CR : Because if I grow up, you'll die. 


Karen : What do you mean ?


CR : You were grown up when your mum died, so I don't want to grow up !


Karen : Hey, she didn't die because I grew up, she died because she had an accident. 


CR : So where is she now ? 


Karen : Oh. She's up in the sky in Heaven. It's a great place. 


CR : If it's so great, let's go now ! Wait - I've changed my mind. If it's up in the sky, it means it's in space, that means there'll be aliens and zombies and vampires. I think I'll just stay down here for a while Mum. 


Karen : Good idea, Sweetie. 


* Cahaya means light in the Malay language. Her father has wanted 
 something local to remember Malaysia by if the family ever moved. 
"Light and rain make a rainbow," added Karen. 



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  1. Outcast22 May, 2012

    Cahaya sounds and seems like such a cute little girl, I love how she wanted to go to heaven immediately then realised against it and the same for how she thought her mum would die if she got old, cute stuff indeed Jaya.

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      i know, right ? i love the way she changes her mind from an extreme to another.
      :)

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  2. Gorilla Bananas22 May, 2012

    Hah, how cute! But isn't she too young to know about zombies and vampires? Those creatures would terrify most 5-year-old kiddies.

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      she knows quite a bit of things. you should her drawings from school. there was one of some dark being - Picasso material. i liked it a lot.
      ;)

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  3. Az22 May, 2012

    She looks and sounds adorable. I love these epic conversations that will be remembered for years to come (much to her embarrassment) ;)

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      yeah, Cahaya is.
      my mom takes care of this other kid, who is just so adorable, and she speaks like a pro. a small person, 2++. i'm currently having epic conversations with her.
      :)

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  4. Michael22 May, 2012

    Wow children put things in perspective sometimes. "Aliens, zombies and Vampires... IN SPACEEEE" Sounds like a bad movie title.

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      i know, right ?? i like her idea of heaven . my late grandma's was like a Jehovah Witnesses' booklet cover. No, she wasn't one of them though.

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  5. RCB22 May, 2012

    That's one smart kid! And funny, too. Let's go to heaven... hahaha. I remember telling my folks the same thing. I didn't think it through, though. I mean with the aliens and vampires and all... :))

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      kids these days are smart, RC. my mom has a 2.5 year old with her, who knows how to play with my i-Phone :p

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  6. G22 May, 2012

    so cute - you've got to adore kids logic about the world...it's always entertaining

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      yeah, G. it's entertaining and sometimes, even eye-opening.

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  7. Secret Agent Woman22 May, 2012

    What a cute kid. I love the perspective kids have on the world - they just see things differently.

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  8. JJ22 May, 2012

    they make you stop and look at life differently too.
    :)

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  9. R-A-J22 May, 2012

    Cahaya is one sweet lil kid, Jaya :)

    Adorable!! :)

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      Adorable !
      Hope you're well :)

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  10. nursemyra22 May, 2012

    She's lovely

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  11. Terra Shield22 May, 2012

    I like eloquent kids, and she sure sounds like one. And she's funny and cute too which is a bonus.

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  12. Beth22 May, 2012

    Ah, the delightful and fascinating minds & utterances of children…

    Re: the photo – CR is a beauty!

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    1. JJ22 May, 2012

      CR is an exotic mix - indian, chinese and caucasian.
      :)

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  13. sundersartwork24 May, 2012

    Lol, kids are hilarious.I wonder what her philosophy of life is, she should have a book ' if you are a good person you can go to heaven and meet E.T'.Wait...if vampires are up there, then their de-fanged right? I mean they would make good tin openers, but i don't want them take a snack on me.

    She sounds adorable , i have two neices and a nephew and they are always funny.Except when i sneak them chocolate an they go insane on a sugar high.

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  14. momto826 May, 2012

    I think we can all learn a lot from kids!
    she is beautiful!

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