Mr. Rintaro Mita and his wife Keiko enjoyed my music when they came to Palau in Aug. 23, 2009. We regularly communicate through Facebook and they usually send me postcards and letters through regular mail since then.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
2009 TIPS AND DRINKS GIVEN TO
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ
Date Guests/Customers Amount/Drink
January 01 Breeze Bar Rose (Palauan Lady) Orange Juice
Breeze Bar Japanese couple $5.00
(Requested “Hawaiian Wedding Song”)
January 05 Breeze Bar Korean guy $10.00
(Requested Korean song “Chinkuya”)
Jan. 06 Waves Japanese lady $5.00
(Requested“Without You”)
Breeze Bar Japanese guy $7.00
(Requested“Wonderful Tonight” &
“Hotel California”)
Jan. 12 Breeze Bar Korean couple $5.00
(Requested“Something” by Beatles)
Breeze $4.00
(Requested“She” & “Canon”)
Jan. 13 Waves Old Japanese lady $5.00
Jan. 15 Breeze Bar Japanese couple $5.00
(No request but the guy sings with me)
Breeze Bar Moses Uludong Tequila Sunrise
Jan. 16 Coral Bar Japanese guy $5.00
Breeze Bar Same Japanese couple (yesterday) $5.00
Breeze Bar Another Japanese couple $3.00
(Requested “I Left My Heart In San
Francisco” & “Unchained Melody”)
Japanese couple $5.00
(Requested “Only You” &“Subaru”)
Jan. 20 Waves Young Taiwanese couple $5.00
The lady sing with me “I’ll Be There” and
the guy asked Arj to give me the tip.
Chef Horie also clapped after her song.
Jan. 22 Waves Japanese guy with Filipina wife $20.00
(Requested Bossanova “Girl From Ipanema,
Wave, Memorandum, etc.) He asked Arj to
give to me the tip.
Jan. 23 Breeze Bar Taiwanese ladies $1.00
Jan. 25 (Chinese New Year) Taiwanese family of 3 NT100.00
Waves Taiwanese couple $5.00
Jan. 26 Waves Japanese and Filipina couple again $10.00
(Requested “Killing Me Softly With His Song”
& “You Needed Me”)
Jan. 27 Waves Old Japanese guy $5.00
(He put it in the Chiba Shinkin Bank envelop)
Breeze Bar Japanese- Filipina couple $5.00
Jan. 29 Breeze Bar Lone Japanese guy $20.00
***(The published part was shortened up to here. The Part 2 started on March 02 and ended in August 30. The conclusion part was stopped by Editor Kambes Kesolei)***
(Requested“To Love Again” (Nocturne-
Classical, Jazz, Rock and Japanese songs)
He really tested my repertoire. I was able to play
all his requests. Encore of his first request.
Breeze Bar Old Japanese couple $10.00
Jan. 30 Breeze Bar Young Japanese couple who can speak $5.00
Tagalog. They gave Ronald and Mildred
$5.00 each.
Jan. 31 Waves The same lone Japanese guy yesterday $10.00
(Requested“To Love Again” written on a
tissue paper. After his dinner, he sits near
me & asked me to play “To Love Again”
and some Beatles song and give me -- $50.00
Waves 4 young Japanese ladies $10.00
Breeze Bar Old Japanese guy from long table $10.00
(He said “chipu”)
Breeze Bar Lone Japanese guy $10.00
(He asked me to play international songs)
Feb. 01 Breeze Bar Old Japanese couple $20.00
(They are already paying their bill when they
see me setting the keyboard. They stayed for
30 minutes more. They sing with me “My Way”
&“Love Me Tender”.)
Feb. 02 Waves Old Japanese couple $20.00
(They sang for 15 minutes using my
Japanese song book).
Breeze Bar Japanese couple last night $10.00
One of their 3 Japanese guest $10.00
Korean lady $10.00
(Requested “Hotel California” & ”Yesterday)
Taiwanese couple $2.00
(Requested“Close To You”)
Feb. 03 Waves Japanese family $5.00
(A lady requested Beatles songs)
Breeze Bar 2 Korean guys $3.00
(Requested Korean song “Chinkuya”)
6 Filipinas –Juliet gave me…. $5.00
(She invited 2 Korean ladies to dance. They
danced for 4 minutes.
2 Korean ladies $10.00
(They come to me and said they enjoyed
the night.
Feb. 05 Waves 2 Japanese ladies $10.00
Feb. 07 Waves Japanese couple $3.00
(Requested“Hey Jude” & “Ob-la-di Ob-la-da”)
Japanese guy $5.00
(Requested Jap. Song “Love Is Over”)
2 Japanese ladies $20.00
(The same ladies on Feb. 05)
Feb. 08 Waves Mr. Komatsu $3.00
Feb. 09 Breeze Bar Palauan guy $1.00
Feb. 10 Waves Japanese lady $10.00
(Requested“Tennessee
Breeze Bar Former Palau
Tommy Remengesau, Jr. $5.00
Feb. 12 Waves A group of Japanese old men
One requested “Enka” $5.00
The tallest one gave me… $5.00
The one who sung “Sukiyaki” gave me… $10.00
Feb. 13 Waves Same Jap. Group last night
The tallest one again gave me $5.00
(He gave Lysa 1,000 yen)
Feb. 15 Breeze Bar Japanese couple $5.00
(Requested songs of Simon and Garfunkel,
Beatles)
Feb. 16 Breeze Bar The same Japanese couple last night $5.00
(Requested“Titanic”)
Feb. 17 Waves Same Japanese couple again… $5.00
Waves A Japanese lady with hand disability danced
with me while her blind friend plays piano and
the lady on a wheelchair gave me …. $10.00
Feb. 19 Coral Bar Japanese guy $10.00
(Requested“Oribia O Kikinagara” and sits
near me while listening to the song)
Feb. 20 Waves Taiwanese guy $5.00
(Requested“Happy Birthday for Thomas”)
Feb. 24 Waves Japanese family of 8 with boy named Kent
“played” piano with me with his father taking
video and everybody enjoyed.
Source:
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 6 & 9
Volume 21
Issue 58
August 23, 2012
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