Faye and the Slacks Farewell

Faye and the Slacks have their final show coming up this Saturday. Faye is moving on to Australia and I wish her the best of luck with her music career. It was lots of fun and I'm going to miss playing her songs. In the past year and four months, we played 33 shows in 10 different cities and towns throughout Taiwan, including two big festivals (Ahh...music stats. Still got the old Deadhead in me. Mind you, I haven't kept track of every setlist or how many times each song has been played, believe it or not.) Anyway, F.A.T.S. did quite well on the Taiwan music scene and I think the whole island is going to miss Faye's sweet voice. Thanks for the good times, Faye and good luck!

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Since we are environmentally friendly, we car-pool to and from school with a co-worker. This week, it was said co-worker's (Mary Ann aka Mrs. Robinson) turn to drive. On our way to school today her car was acting funny, and started to smell very bad. After stopping to pick up breakfast, the car wouldn't start again. Thankfully, our school is well-known at the breakfast shop and one of the workers drove us down the hill to work. Geoff was in contact throughout the day about the status of the car, how much it will cost, and when it will be fixed. After a few phone calls, leaving both Mary Ann and Geoff unsure of exactly what was happening, here is a text the breakfast shop worker, Vicky, sent. This is to tell us what the problem is, etc. You try and figure it out, cause we are still baffled... Obviously the language barrier is a daily issue, but sometimes it's worth it to share.

"The car problem is water tank have ink cause and take the trouble of hitting. Repair car personnel say surface repair about 4000 yuan by issue. Have a question to pay extra money to disassemble department to hit to take."