Tuesday, December 29, 2015
(1141) FINAL ROUND OF 2005-2006 RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (TBN-Feb. 17-24, 2006)
Francis 'Sno' Temaungil, the elected Chairman of Palau Chess Federation, sweeps Ivan II Chess Computer. It's the only participant in the 2005-2006 Rapid Chess Tournament that Sno had sweep. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
FINAL ROUND OF
2005-2006 RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL ROUND
February 12, 2006
1.
Joeven delos Santos vs. Edwin Eti (0-1) 2. Edwin Eti vs. Joeven delos Santos
(1-0) 3. Ivan II vs. Manny Nedic (1-0) 4. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Edwin Eti (1-0)
5. Edwin Eti vs. Jimmy Valenzuela (1-0) 6. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Joeven delos
Santos (1-0) 7. Joeven delos Santos vs. Jimmy Valenzuela (0-1)
8. Manny Nedic
vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1) THE MOVES:
Nedic, Manuel (1975) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095)
[E83]
2005 Rapid Chess (39),
12.02.2006
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.f3 e5 8.Be3 Nh5 9.d5 Nb4 10.Bb1 f5 11.a3 Na6 12.exf5
Bxf5 13.Ne4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Nc5 15.Bc2 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qxc4 17.0–0 e4 18.b3 Qb5 19.Ra2
exf3 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 fxg2 22.Kxg2 Rxf1 23.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rf8+ 25.Kg1
Nf4 26.Bd1 Nxd5 27.Re2 Nf4 28.Re7 Nce6 29.Ba1 Nh3+ 30.Kg2 Nef4+ 31.Kg3 Rf5
32.b4 Rg5+ 33.Kf3 Nd5 34.Bb3 Rf5+ 35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Rxh7 Ng5 37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.Ba4 c6
39.Bd4 Rf3+ 40.Kg4 Rxa3 41.Bc2 Nf3 42.Rh7+ Ke6 43.Bh8 Ne3+ 44.Kxf3 Nxc2+ 45.Ke2
Nxb4 46.Rxb7 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Rxh2 48.Ba1 c5 49.Rxa7 Ra2 50.Rxa2 Nxa2 51.Kf4 c4
52.Kg5 c3 53.Kxg6 c2 54.Bb2 c1Q 55.Bxc1 Nxc1 56.Kg5 Ke5 57.Kg4 Ke4 58.Kg3 Ke3
59.Kg2 Ke2 0–1
9. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Francis Temaungil
(1-0) 10. Joeven delos Santos vs. Ivan II (0-1)
11. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Bong
Alipoon (0-1) 12. Jose Omega vs Jimmy Valenzuela (0-1)* 13. Jimmy Valenzuela
vs. Jose Omega (1-0)* 14. Gerry Sermeno vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1)* 15.
Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0) 16. Ivan II vs. Gene Pastrana
(1-0) 17. Francis Temaungil vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1)* 18. Manny Nedic vs.
Francis Temaungil (1-0)* 19. Ivan II vs. Joel Azana (Draw)* 20. Ivan II vs.
Jose Omega (Draw)*
21. Bong Alipoon vs. Cyril Montel,
Jr. (1-0) 22. Ivan II vs. Bong Alipoon (Draw) 23. Bong Alipoon vs. Ivan II
(Draw) 24. Menandro Manuel vs. Flavin Andres (1-0)* 25. Roberto Hernandez vs.
Cryil Montel, Jr. (0-1) 26. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0)* 27.
Dennis Gonzales vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (0-1)*28. Joeven delos Santos vs. Cyril
Montel, Jr. (0-1) 29. Roberto Hernandez vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0)* 30.
Rodiante Balagso vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1)*
31. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Ivan II
(Draw)* 32. Ivan II vs. Jimmy Valenzuela (Draw)* 33. Jimmy Valenzuela vs.
Dennis Gonzales (1-0)* 34. Dennis Gonzales vs. Jimmy Valenzuela (0-1)* 35.
Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0)* 36. Rodiante Balagso vs. Jimmy
Valenzuela (0-1)* 37. Ivan II vs. Manny Nedic (1-0) 38. Francis Temaungil vs.
Manny Nedic (0-1)* 39. Manny Nedic vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0)* 40 Rodiante
Balagso vs. Manny Nedic (0-1)*
41. Ivan II vs. Joeven delos Santos
(Draw)* 42. Joel Azana vs. Francis Temaungil (0-1)* 43. Joel Azana vs. Flavin
Andres (Draw)* 44. Joeven delos Santos vs. Joel Azana (1-0)* 45. Joel Azana vs.
Joeven delos Santos (0-1)* 46. Gene Pastrana vs. Flavin Andres (1-0)* 47.
Francis Temaungil vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0)* 48. Felix Lapitan vs. Dennis
Gonzales (Draw)* 49. Dennis Gonzales vs. Felix Lapitan (Draw)* 50. Flavin
Andres vs. Dennis Gonzales (Draw)*
51. Dennis Gonzales vs. Flavin
Andres (1-0)* 52. Joeven delos Santos vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0)* 53. Dennis
Gonzales vs. Joeven delos Santos (0-1)* 54. Francis Temaungil vs. Gerry Sermeno
(1-0)* 55. Gerry Sermeno vs. Francis Temaungil (0-1)* 56. Edwin Eti vs. Francis
Temaungil (1-0) 57. Francis Temaungil vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0)* 58. Rodiante
Balagso vs. Francis Temaungil (0-1)* 59. Flavin Andres vs. Rodiante Balagso
(Draw)* 60. Rodiante Balagso vs. Flavin Andres (Draw)*
61. Joeven delos Santos vs. Rodiante
Balagso (1-0)* 62. Rodiante Balagso vs. Joeven delos Santos (0-1)*
ONE-DAY
BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT
February
19, 2006
Single
Round Robin
FINAL
STANDINGS
Players
Win Loss Draw Total
- EDWIN ETI 6 1 0 6
- ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 6 1 0 6
- MANNY NEDIC 4 3 0 4
- CYRIL MONTEL, JR. 4 3 0 4
- MENANDRO MANUEL 3 3 1 3.5
- GENE PASTRANA 2 4 1 2.5
- BONG ALIPOON 1 4 2 2
- MORTON SAWAICHI 0 7 0 0
PALAU’S
FIDE MEMBERSHIP FEE COLLECTION (2005)
- TUTII JOE CHILTON (Trophy Making Payment) $ 50.00
- ROBERTO HERNANDEZ 50.00
- GARY BEKKER (AUSTRALIA) 100.00 (Pledge)
- SUSAN ANDRES 5.00
- GENE PASTRANA 30.00
- MENANDRO MANUEL 10.00
- MORTON SAWAICHI 35.00
- IVAN II CHESS COMPUTER (RENTALS) 8.00
- FRANCIS TEMAUNGIL 5.00
- FLAVIN ANDRES 5.00
- JOHN PASTRANA 5.00
- MANNY KIMPO (PINOY EXPRESS) 100.00
- JESS GOMEZ 5.00
- MANNY NEDIC 5.00
- TUTII JOE CHILTON 5.00
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 15
February 17-24, 2006
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- February 12, 2006
(1140) MUSIC AND ME (Dec. 03, 2015) SOUS CHEF DAVID CHEN MARRIES FIANCE
Palau Royal Resort Sous Chef David Chen, 2nd from right, finally marries his fiance after proposing on Oct. 20, 2014 at the beach of Palau Royal Resort that was initiated by DOB Michelle Liao, 3rd from right. Exactly one year and 10 days (Oct. 30, 2015), they got married and the reception was held at the newly-renovated Ming's Court of Palau Royal Resort where Roberto Hernandez, the resident musician, played piano music during the reception. He played music also during the proposal.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
SOUS CHEF DAVID CHEN
MARRIES FIANCE
INSTEAD of playing piano music at Waves Restaurant of Palau Royal Resort, Roberto Hernandez, PRR resident Musician, was invited again by Sous Chef David Chen to play music during the reception of his wedding with 375-day fiance at the newly renovated Ming's Court of PRR.
The following is the story of the proposal:
SOUS CHEF DAVID CHEN PROPOSES
TO GIRLFRIEND AT BREEZE BAR
On October 20, 2014, Junior Sous Chef David Chen asked me to play love songs at Breeze Bar during his proposal to his girlfriend on a Friday evening (Oct. 24) at 9pm.
I said, "It's my day off every Friday but if it's 9pm, I can make it after attending the prayer meeting at Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ in the 4th Watch (Palau Locale)."
David is very appreciative about it. It's also the first time that he requested to me something about music.
Somebody suggested that someone should sing a love song while he is proposing. The suggested song is "Unforgettable" by Nat 'King' Cole which was 'remade' and 'revived' with his daughter Nathalie 'singing' it with him like he's still alive. That's what technology can do. The arrangement of the song is so beautiful and complicated that I have to look at the chords to play it without mistakes.
The name Gerry Medrano, Cafeteria's new cook, came to somebody's mind. We don't have time to practice that song. I just lend him the songbook where he will choose also some other songs from that.
At 8pm, I attended the Friday Prayer Meeting at Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ in the 4th Watch (Palau Locale). 10 minutes before 9, I left to fulfill my promise to play in the surprise proposal of David to his girlfriend.
At 9pm, I am already setting the keyboard at Breeze Bar of Palau Royal Resort. Gerry came 5 minutes late.
He sung first the "Unforgettable" which I set the key 2 steps lower. I don't have an idea of what pitch Gerry has. He's singing it off key so I change it to the original key and everything sounds good from there.
I don't like his choice of the next song -- "Twilight Time" by the Platters. Only the title but the lyrics are good...
Heavenly shades of night are falling, it's twilight time,
Out of the mist your voice is calling, it's twilight time,
When purple-colored curtains mark the end of day,
I hear you, my dear, at twilight time.
Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is gone,
Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun,
I count the moments, darling, till you're here with me,
Together, at last at twilight time.
Here in the afterglow of day
We keep our rendezvous beneath the blue
Here in the sweet and same old way
I fall in love again as I did then.
Deep in the dark your kiss will thrill me like days of old,
Lighting the spark of love that fills me with dreams untold
Each day I pray for evening just to be with you,
Together, at last at twilight time.
When Gerry is singing "Put Your Head On My Shoulder", that's the time that David proposes. He's wearing complete chef uniform.
When David proposes at the beach, there is a big heart-shape of candles at the beach.
The other guests, mostly Taiwanese, are surprised as did David's girlfriend. She's in tears. Many guests have watched them during the short proposal time.
The design of the surprise heart-shaped candles at the beach was meticulously done by Palau Royal Resort DOB Michelle Liao.
Before going back to Dormitory 1, I had the above photo taken with David and his girlfriend.
Sources: Music and Me
By Roberto Hernandez
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
October 24, 2014
To be published as a book in the future
Prior to playing piano at the reception, I instructed Food and Beverage Manager Mervin Lee Cuyugan not to dragged the piano at Ming's Court wooden floor so that there will be no scratches.
They set up the piano at the right side corner. I can see the guests and the couple through the shiny piano cover and took a selfie photo through that shiny piano cover part...
While playing, I notice that most of the guests are Chinese/Taiwanese so I played the first hour playing all Taiwanese/Chinese songs.
I've got an American song request --"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and later "Hotel California".
The one who requested the first song gave me a glass of red wine and later $10.00 tip. (Ryan Lee)
Before going home, he introduced me to the new Ambassador of Taiwan to Palau Harry Tseng, who replaced the generous Ambassador Maggie Tien.
Ambassador Harry Tseng said he was impressed with my piano playing. I gave him and the guy that gave me $10.00 and red wine my card. They also gave me their cards and at that time that I realized he is the new Ambassador. The generous guy is the Palau Branch Manager of China Airlines Ryan Lee. His wife also gave me $10.00 with Ryan giving me another glass of red wine.
While they are leaving, I happened to get a photo of them.
Sources: Music and Me
By Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 2013 -- December 03, 2015
(1139) PENULTIMATE ROUND OF 2005-2006 RAPID CHESS TILT (TBN-Feb..10-17, 2006)
Oceania Zonal Chess President Gary Bekker participated in the inaugural 2006 Palau Invitational Chess Championship. During that event, he stated that Flavin 'Matlab' Andres, left, will be the next chess icon in Palau, when he sees Matlab's dedication and enthusiasm to promote chess especially to kids. Matlab participated in the 2005-2006 Rapid Chess Championship where one of the top seeds Jose Omega, right, clash in mental combat with comeback kid Gerry Sermeno.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
PENULTIMATE ROUND OF 2005-2006
RAPID CHESS TILT
PENULTIMATE
ROUND
February 05, 2006
1. Ivan II vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0) 2. Roberto
Hernandez v Francis Temaungil (1-0) THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (2095) - Temaungil, Francis (1500) [B29]
2005 Rapid Chess (34),
05.02.2006
1. e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 e6
5.d4 Nc6 6.Bxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qe7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Qxc5 f6
12.exf6 gxf6 13.Bh6 Rf7 14.Re1 Qd8 15.Nc3 d6 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.Nd5 Rc8 18.Nh4 Ne5
19.Qg3+ Kh8 20.c3 b5 21.Rad1 b4 22.Nxb4 Be6 23.f4 Ng4 24.Rxe6 Qb6+ 25.Rd4 f5
26.Rexd6 Qa5 27.R4d5 Qa4 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ 1–0
3. Francis Temaungil vs. Jose Misael de Jesus
(0-1) 4. Felix Lapitan vs. Ivan II (0-1) 5. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Francis
Temaungil (1-0) 6. Ivan II vs. Felix Lapitan (1-0) 7. Tutii Joe Chilton vs.
Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1) 8. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Tutii Joe Chilton (1-0)
9. Ivan II vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1)
10. Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Roberto
Hernandez (0-1) THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (2095) - Chilton, Tutii Joe (1693) [C21]
2005 Rapid Chess (36),
05.02.2006
1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4
c6 5.Nf3 cxb2 6.Bxb2 Nf6 7.e5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qb3+ Ke8 11.Qxb4
Nxf2 12.Kxf2 Qb6+ 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 g6 16.e6 Kxd6 17.Bxh8 dxe6
18.Rhd1+ Ke7 19.Rd2 Na6 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Ng5 Bd7 22.Be5 h6 23.Bd6+ Ke8 24.Bxc5
bxc5 25.Rxd7 hxg5 26.Rxb7 Rxa2+ 27.Kf3 g4+ 28.Kg3 c4 29.Rdd7 Ra3+ 30.Kxg4 Ra8
31.Rh7 1–0
11.
Roberto Hernandez vs. Tutii Joe Chilton (1-0) THE MOVES:
Chilton,
Tutii Joe (1693) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [C20]
2005 Rapid Chess (35),
05.02.2006
1. e4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.d3 Nc6
5.a3 0–0 6.Bg5 d6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qf3 Qh6 9.c3 Qc1+ 10.Ke2 Qxb2+ 11.Nd2 Qxa1
12.Nh3 Qxc3 13.Rd1 Nd4+ 14.Ke1 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxh3 16.Ke2 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.Nxe4
Bb4 19.Nxc3 Bxc3 20.g4 Bd4 21.Ke1 Rxf3 22.Rc1 Rxf2 23.Rxc7 Ra2 24.Rxb7 Rf8 0–1
12. Manny Nedic vs. Tutii Joe
Chilton (1-0) 13. Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Manny Nedic (0-1) 14. Joel Azana vs.
Ivan II (0-1)
15. Bong Alipoon vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1) THE MOVES:
Alipoon,
Bong (2111) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [A00]
2005 Rapid Chess (37),
05.02.2006
1. e4 g6 2.a3 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d3 0–0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.h3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0–0 e5 10.Nh2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nd2 f5
13.Nb3 f4 14.Bd2 Nce7 15.Qc2 Nf5 16.Rad1 Nh4 17.Nf3 Rf5 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.Bf3 c6
20.Be1 Rg5 21.Kh2 Rf8 22.d4 Bc8 23.Nd2 exd4 24.cxd4 Bxd4 25.Ne4 Rxg2+ 26.Bxg2
f3 27.Qxc6 Nf4 28.Qc4+ Be6 29.Qxd4 fxg2 30.Nf6+ Rxf6 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Rd7+ Bxd7
33.Qxd7+ Rf7 34.Bc3+ Kh6 35.Qg4 Qxg4 36.hxg4 gxf1Q 0–1
16.
Roberto Hernandez vs. Bong Alipoon (0-1) THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (2095) - Alipoon, Bong (2111) [C01]
2005 Rapid Chess (38),
05.02.2006
1. e4 c6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nf3 d6
5.Nc3 h6 6.Bd3 b5 7.0–0 Be7 8.d5 cxd5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Nxd5 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Be6
12.Re1 Nd7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd4 Nf8 15.Qa4+ Qd7 16.Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.Bxe6+ Nxe6
18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rad1 Rhc8 20.Nf5 Rc6 21.Rd2 h5 22.Red1 Ne4 23.Rd5 g6 24.Ng3 Nxg3
25.hxg3 f5 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.gxf4 Ke6 28.Kh2 Rd8 29.R5d2 Rd7 30.Re2+ Kf6 31.Kg3
Rc4 32.Rde1 Kf7 33.Kh4 Rxf4+ 34.Kg5 Rg4+ 35.Kh6 Rxg2 36.Rc2 Kf6 37.b4 h4 38.Re3
g5 39.Rh3 g4 40.Rxh4 g3 41.a4 gxf2
0–1
17. Joel Azana vs. Cyril Montel, Jr.
(0-1) 18. Francis Temaungil vs. Rogelio Menor (1-0)* 19. Flavin Andres vs. Ivan
II (Draw)* 20. Ivan II vs. Flavin Andres (Draw)*
21. Jose Omega vs. Gerry Sermeno
(1-0)* 22. Gerry Sermeno vs. Ivan II (Draw)* 23. Ivan II vs. Gerry Sermeno
(Draw)* 24. Roberto Hernandez vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0)* 25. Cyril Montel, Jr.
vs. Ivan II (Draw)* 26. Ivan II vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (Draw)* 27. Gerry Sermeno
vs. Joeven delos Santos (0-1)* 28. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0)*
29. Flavin Andres vs. Gerry Sermeno (Draw)* 30. Gerry Sermeno vs. Manny Nedic
(0-1)*
31. Jimmy Valenzuela vs. Flavin
Andres (1-0)* 32. Manny Nedic vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0)* 33. Edwin Eti vs. Gerry
Sermeno (1-0)* 34. Gerry Sermeno vs. Dennis Gonzales (Draw)* 35. Dennis
Gonzales vs. Gerry Sermeno (Draw)*
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 18
February 10-17, 2006
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- February 05, 2006
(1138) MUSIC AND ME (Nov. 26, 2015) ANDY UERBELAU and the "HARBOR LIGHTS"
Andres 'Andy' Uerbelau, right, likes oldies but goodies songs. It's a first time when I was requested to play "Harbor Lights" in key of Eb (Eb). When I sang it, I realized that the lyrics of that song is not the usual theme that a man working on a ship (military or commercial) found a girlfriend when on the shore. It's the lady in this song that on a ship.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ANDY UERBELAU and the
'HARBOR LIGHTS'
ON Nov. 26, 2015, a Palauan guest is waiting for me to
play piano at 7pm. I remember him came more than a month ago and he requested a
song which I can’t remember at that time. When he passes to me to go to the
Coral Bar of Waves Restaurant of Palau Royal Resort, I asked him, “Would you
like to request a song or two?” He answered back, “I hope you remember what I
have requested you.”
That
makes me think for a while. I have played 5 more songs before I realized that
he requested an unfamiliar song to me because it is in key of E flat (Eb) and I
know only 3 songs that I play in that key. That song is “Harbor Lights” by The
Platters. When I played it instrumental, I guess that he will like it more if I
will also sing it. I’m not mistaken!
After
the song, he asks a waiter to give me Asahi beer. When he comes to me, he said,
“I’m very happy that you remember my favorite song.” I answered back with a
little exaggeration, “It’s because it’s one of the only 4 songs that I play in
key of Eb.” Actually, it’s only 3 as I have written in one of my posts. It will
become 4 now with the addition of “Harbor Lights” when I update it.
He
said also that when he visited Philippines, he always goes to bars and asks the
musicians to play that song and some other oldies but goodies songs. Before he
left, I ask for a photo and his name. He said “Andres” but I can call him Andy.
And that his family name is Uerbelau and he has a brother, which I know as
Victor, who also writes at Tia Belau Newspaper once in a while.
On
Dec. 17, 2015, Andy is back at Waves Restaurant all by himself again. After I
played and sang “Harbor Lights”, a waiter asked me what do I’d like to drink. I
should have said “Red Wine” should I saw it earlier that he’s having red wine.
I said Asahi again.
After
going to the rest room for a 5-minute break, I saw 2 requested songs written by
Andy at the piano –Love Letters in The Sand and An Affair to Remember. NOW I
KNOW WHAT HE LIKES!
From
then on, I played all oldies but goodies songs –Mona Lisa, Too Young, Only You,
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Ebb Tide, Somewhere My Love, Moon River, Strangers in
the Night, Fascination, Something Stupid, Yesterday and more…
At
9pm, before going to Breeze Bar to play for another 2 hours of keyboard music,
I talk to Andy for a few minutes. He will come again to listen to me play those
oldies. He mentioned again about his trips to Philippines and enjoyed those
kinds of music played live by a variety of musicians. He saw some senior
musicians still loving to play piano and keep doing it for the love of music.
He
also said that he can’t find any place in Palau that have a musician like me
that can play old songs in his generation. I mentioned to him that I once got a
letter from a Japanese lady that is written in Japanese downwards that I have
to ask our GM Isao Takahashi to translate it to me. It says there that when I’m
playing those old American songs, she reminisce the time when she was young
enjoying those music. And that it looks like she’s young again because of that.
She also included $30.00 tip inside the envelope and left it at the front desk
of PRR upon checking out in 2009.
I
also mentioned to Andy that Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong also enjoyed my
music at Breeze Bar and that he likes Greek songs also because of the movie
Zorba, the Greek. He said CJ is a colleague and also his brother Victor. Andy
is also a lawyer.
Sources: Music and Me
By Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 2013 -- November 26, 2015
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
To be published as a book in the future
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