They looked like Taiwanese to me. It was only in the latter part of my piano playing that I realized they are Japanese, not the typical one.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
BEFORE playing piano from 7pm-9pm at Waves Restaurant of Palau Royal Resort, I always look at the guests as I have problem recognizing our Taiwanese and Japanese guests if I don't hear them talking.
From experience, I can tell if our guests are Taiwanese if there are NO DRINKS on their table. It's the common observation of the staff of PRR that Taiwanese are not spender like Japanese.
Most of the time, they use their dinner coupon to have complimentary dinner and keep the welcome drink coupon and not use it while dining. So most of the time, they have water only and no alcohol or juice on their table.
Sometimes they will use their welcome drink coupons at Breeze Bar where I play keyboard from 9-11pm.
OF COURSE, THERE SOME EXCEPTION TO THIS OBSERVATION.
Last year, we have 2 beautiful ladies dining near the piano. I played mostly Taiwanese songs because I thought they are Taiwanese because there are no drinks on their table.
I can't hear their conversation because they talk softly.There's no applause even if I played already all my best Taiwanese songs.
Then I played "Oribia O Kikinagara" and I can see in their lips that they are singing the song although softly.
THAT'S THE TIME THAT I'M NOW SURE THAT THEY ARE JAPANESE.
I played all Japanese songs since then and before going home, they asked for a photo session.
CONTINUATION OF
MY REPERTOIRE OF INTERNATIONAL SONGS
-H-
HAF’A DAI (Chamorro Song)
H A G K A
N (Sharon Cuneta) OPM195
HAHABOL-HABOL
(Freddie Aguilar) (Filipino Song)
HALF AS
MUCH R 178
HALF CRAZY
(Free Style) (Filipino Song) B 340
H A N D O
G (Florante) OPM127
1959 HANDY MAN
(James Taylor) DB267
HANG ON
SLOOPY G 67
1972 H A P P Y (Jackson
5) DB268
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY DEAR HEARTACHE (Barbra Mandrell) DB269
HAPPY DAYS
ARE HERE AGAIN R 69
HAPPY MAN
(Chicago) DB270
196 HAPPY TOGETHER
(Turtles) B 77
1935 HARBOR LIGHTS
(Platters) V 36
1982 HARD TO SAY I’M
SORRY (Chicago) G 32
1950 HATING GABI
(Filipino Song)
OPM230
1977 HAVA NAGILA
(Israeli Song) DBI
26
HAVE A GOOD
TIME B 99
1993 HAVE I TOLD YOU
LATELY (Rod Stewart) DB 68
HAVE YOU
EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN (Bryan Adams) DB 67
HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN THE RAIN DB 41
HAWAIIAN
WEDDING SONG DB 7
HAWAK-KAMAY
(Yeng Constantino) (Filipino Song) OPM191
HAYOP NA
COMBO (Yoyoy Villame) (Filipino Song) OPM 99 HEAL
THE WORLD (Michael Jackson)
HEARTACHE
TONIGHT (Eagles) DB176
1972 HEART OF GOLD
(Neil Young) R 36
H E A V E
N (Bryan Adams) R 253
1992 HEAVEN KNOWS ( B 274
1960 HE’LL HAVE TO GO
(Jim Reeves) G 69
H E L L
O (Lionel Richie) V 6
1980 HELLO AGAIN
(Neil Diamond) DB271
1963 HELLO DOLLY DB125
1982 HELLO LOVE (Florence Warner) B 303
1967 HELLO GOODBYE
(Beatles) R 195
1965 H E L P (Beatles) (John Farnham) R 233
1971 HELP ME MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT (Sandy Smith)
(Kris
Kristofferson) B 229
HERE COMES
THE SUN (Beatles) R 222
1981 HERE I AM (Air
Supply) B 319
HERE’S A HEART G 71
HERE’S THAT
RAINY DAY R 35
1969 HERE, THERE AND
EVERYWHERE (Beatles) R 208
H E R
O (Mariah Carey) B 86
200 H E R O (Enrique Iglesias) B 87
HER TOWN
TOO (James Taylor) DB272
1984 H E Y (Julio Iglesias) DB147
1968 HEY JUDE
(Beatles) R 197
1963 HEY PAULA (Paul
and Paula) G 125
1970 HEY THERE
LONELY GIRL (Robert John) (Eddie Hollman) DB 81
1952 HI-LILI HI-LO DB 99
1991 HILLSIDE (Halley Erich) (Palauan Song) G
P 3
HINDI KITA
MALILIMUTAN (Basil Valdez) (Filipino Song)
1939 HINDI KITA
MALIMOT OPM
96
HINDI KO
KAYA (Richard Reynoso) OPM
26
H I R A
M (Zsa Zsa Padilla) (Filipino Song)
HISTORIA DE
UN AMOR (Trio Los Panchos) (Spanish Song) DBI 1
1967 HOLIDAY (Bee Gees) B 198
1982 HOLIDAY (Scorpions) B 199
H O M
E (Kuh Ledesma) OPM181
1960 HOMEWARD BOUND
(Simon & Garfunkel) R 38
1978 HONESTY (Billy
Joel) R 94
1968 H O N E Y (Bobby Goldsborough) DB148
1969 HONKY TONK
WOMEN (Rolling Stones) B 148
HONOLULU CITY LIGHTS (Hawaiian Song) G 75
1978 HOPELESSLY
DEVOTED TO YOU (Olivia Newton-John) R 97
1977 HOTEL CALIFORNIA (Eagles) V 42
1957 HOUND DOG
(Elvis Presley) B 160
HOUSE OF
THE RISING SUN (Animals) B 36
1983 HOW AM I
SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU (Michael Bolton) DB273
HOW CAN I
TELL HER (Lobo) DB274
HOW CAN I
TELL YOU (Lani Hall) B 281
1971 HOW CAN YOU
MEND A BROKEN HEART (Bee Gees) DB 8
1977 HOW DEEP IS
YOUR LOVE (Bee Gees) R 82
HOW DO I
LIVE (Trisha Yearwood) DB 3
1985 HOW DO YOU KEEP
THE MUSIC PLAYING (James Ingram) B 263
1963 HOW INSENSITIVE
(Shirley Bassey) R 1
1953 HOW MUCH IS
THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW (Patti Page) DB275
HOW SOON
(Matt Monro) R 83
196 HURTIN’ INSIDE
(Dave Clark 5) B 120
Source: Chess And Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess In Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
January 2014
To be published as a book in the future
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