Sang the gardener

Its customary for US citizens working in the country to hire locals to work for them. The standard wage for them in these position is double what they would make working somewhere else, while not dirt cheap for us its very reasonable. We hired Sang to keep up the yard shortly after moving in, it was a proper African jungle and with my help we got it tamed and have a roaring garden to boot. We had a small manual reel mower that he was using to cut the grass for the last couple months. I went out earlier this week to find him hunched over cutting the lawn with the small hedge clippers (glorified scissors) he said the lawnmower was broken. So yet another mission ensued, turns out a small gas push mower runs between $500-1000 US dollars. Screw that, what else is there? Weed eater, sure why not; $300-500US dollars, never mind.. moving right along. Found a second hand shop that has all kinds of stuff, so being the bartering soul that I am I took an old printer down and traded it straight across for a little electric weed eater. Sang has never used one and he was like Tickle Me Elmo when we fired it up and went to work. Nikki and I have never met anyone like sang before. He reminds us of Steve Erkle with his pants pulled up high, bright green leprechaun hat, yellow sunglasses and sandals, and a little green backpack with charms hanging off of it. He is like a big puppy, I have yet to see him stop smiling and he laughs as if it is easier than breathing. Always very animated and walks with a bounce as if springs in his heels. He will drop whatever he is doing at any moment to run over and greet you, regardless of whether you have been gone all day or just went across the street for eggs.