Sheng Yang

Behold the awesome and irresistible epitome of cuteness: SHENGYANG


Gearing up to be a photowhore
He's my charge at the Gracehaven Salvation Army, whereby Jessica and I do a Community Involvement Project. Every Tuesday at 7:00pm sharp, we shuffle down there and begin one and a half hours of tutoring and befriending.

Sheng Yang is in Primary 4 this year. He's had some domestic trouble and was sent there. Besides being a little slow in academics (come on, who wasn't?), he dreams of being a scientist and inventing a robot. He's the size of a small puppy, and has the personality to match it. Rarely does his face contort into anything else but a big wide grin, and rarely does he fail to do the same for me.

Ting Xie, maths and journal writing aside, we spend the time talking about movies, life and his ambitions. Even inane games such as Guess Who are made fun with his bubbly presence. He's obviously more mature than anyone else his age there, for the other younglings regularly engage in fights and childish brawls. Sometimes, i wonder what he did to deserve a place there.

Then, it hit me. Sheng Yang was placed in Gracehaven for the same reason as I: To make a positive difference in peoples' lives. I know it's affected at least one person.

Although the entire prospect of Tuesdays ending at 9:00pm thoroughly disgusts and saps away my energy, Sheng Yang somehow manages to restore it. He's so innocent and carefree, purposefully ignorant of his emotionally decrepit and destitute surroundings. Everybody should look up to him and emulate his optimism.



DotAing version 6.30 to... Feels Like Fire - Santana ft Dido