2 MORE FIRST TIMERS.
Rodney Yakuchil, left, a Security Personnel of Palau Royal Resort, wants to see how good he looks at Tia Belau Chess Mate column of Roberto Hernandez. He specifically chooses this photo out of 5 shots taken. Sharon Joy Malubay, a new cashier of PRR, right, is also featured here for the first time. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
LOUDER THAN MY MUSIC
(I Will Start This Article with this Article...)
GENEROUS JAPANESE AT RIGHT
The Japanese guy playing guitar has been to Palau 2 or 3 years ago. He played guitar with Roberto at that time using the Yamaha guitar and a pick that was lend to him by Roberto. The pick got lost somewhere and everybody can't find it. He replaced it with a new one. The guy at right gave Roberto $50.00 tip at Waves Restaurant and another $50.00 at Breeze Bar where they enjoyed 'live' karaoke or sing-along.
They are back in Palau in August 29, 2014, 10 days after Roberto and Palau Chess Teammates return from Tromso, Norway for the 2014 World Chess Olympiad,
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
THE STORY OF THE MISSING PICK
(3 YEARS AGO)
MORE or less three years ago, a group of old Japanese enjoyed 'live' sing-along (karaoke) at Breeze Bar of Palau Royal Resort.
One guy can play a guitar. I lend him my guitar and we played together as if we've been playing for a long time.
I also lend him my ordinary guitar pick. Everybody had a good time. I even lend them my Japanese songbook for karaoke written in Japanese characters (Katakana, Hirakana and Kanji).
I allowed them to choose songs from the Japanese songbook. Even if I don't know the song and will be playing it for the first time, I have the guts to explore those songs as long as they will do the singing and I/we will do the accompaniment.
They are very amazed and surprised when I told them that it's my first time to play that song. I just say "Hajimete", meaning "first time".
When they sing the song "Midare Gami", I wrote that words at the Japanese characters' title in Romaji (English). They noticed that I wrote it at the wrong part of the title of the song. When I write an arrow to redirect the Midare Gami handwritten title, they all laugh to my quick reaction!
It was almost a perfect night of enjoyment except for a small unexplainable incident--the guitar pick got lost. We looked and searched for it for almost 30 minutes and we didn't find it. The wind is not so strong at that time. We searched within a few meters perimeter.
The guitarist was very upset about that small thing. He replaced the guitar pick with a new one. A small note from the front desk saying "This is from the Breeze Bar guest that sung with you last night."
That
was about 3 years ago. Last August 29, 2014, they are back. A Japanese
guy comes beside me while I'm playing piano at Waves Restaurant of Palau
Royal Resort that evening of Aug. 29, 2014.
He just made a gesture of playing the guitar. I remember him and said, "Oh, you're back in Palau!"
They are sitting in the wooden area, about 17 of them when I counted it. I took my slum book with pictures of Japanese guests that have photo sessions with me at Waves Restaurant and Breeze Bar. Included in that is the guitar pick that I taped with a clear Scotch tape and the note from front desk written on Palau Royal Resort envelop.
I showed it to him and the others recognized me. Most of them are on the same group that night 3 years ago.
They said they will proceed to Breeze Bar at 9pm. I get my guitar and put it near the piano. We played one or two songs and have photo session. The Japanese guy at right gave me $50.00 tip.
At 9pm, I proceed to Breeze Bar. Our General Manager Masayuki Kawaguchi and his wife are there.
When I asked Jovy Rodriguez to set up a table for 17, GM and his wife left to give space for the big group of Japanese.
We set only 17 because that's my head count while talking to the guitarist. There are 20 of them as some are in the rest room. We add another 3 chairs and one more table.
While I'm preparing to start playing Japanese songs, the generous Japanese guy at right gave me another $50.00. He gave Jovy $50.00 also and Joy, the cashier, $20.00.
It's the start of non-stop singing of all-Japanese songs. I brought the other Japanese songs song book so that many can look to choose from. The karaoke song book written in Katakana, Hirakana and Kanji is also available.
They gave me a glass of red wine at Waves Restaurant and another glass of red wine also at Breeze Bar.
The guitarist refused the guitar pick made of turtle shell that I offered him. Maybe he don't like to happen again the incident before. He just signal that he will use his finger and finger nails.
Almost 2 hours of singing enjoyment. They tried also the songs the I haven't played or listened before. They are amazed again when I said "Hajimete" or first time.
One of the ladies can play piano.
GROUP PICTURE WITH ALL THE LADIES.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
The guitarist, middle, is a bamboo flute teacher in Japan.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
Another group picture with almost everybody except 3.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
Last photo taken. Not clear as the photographer partly covered the light with her finger.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Joy)
At the end of the night, everybody enjoyed the evening except Joy, whose $20.00 tip from the generous Japanese guy is not enough for her due to jealousy.
She asked Roberto and Jovy to give her $10.00 each so that everybody get a fair $40.00 each. JEALOUSY AND ENVY!
Roberto and Jovy agreed.
Source: Chess And Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
August 2014
To be published as a book in the future
New cashier Sharon Joy Malubay asked me more than a year ago, to be her sponsor in making a loan at Bank of Hawaii. She promised to treat me and my wife for a brunch at Palau Pacific Resort. I agree to her request.
When I told it to my wife, she refused. Even her co-employees don't agree because if Joy failed to pay it, I will be the one to pay for it. Joy is just a new employee and it's risky to be a sponsor, which I found out later that it is co-signer and not sponsor.
I have already filled up the forms and let her borrowed my passport and work permit for photocopy, before telling my wife.
When I lend her my passport for photocopies, it takes her 5 days before she returned it. Those are very important documents that I entrusted her. It will take only a few minutes to copy those. My passport have an Australian, Russian, Turkish and Schengen visas in it. I know I'm the only person in Palau that has that kinds of visas due to my representation of Palau to Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 2009 and 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Chess Olympiads in Russia, Istanbul Turkey and Tromso, Norway respectively.
If I can't trust her to take care of those important documents, what more with bigger amount involved ($3,000.00)?
I told her that it's only my decision when I agreed initially but we are couple and it needs to be decided by both of us.
And then the story above happens that tested her attitude about 'fairness'. She should respect what the giver has gave her. It's very greedy to ask $10.00 from me and $10.00 from Jovy so that she can say that me and Jovy are fair. She should be satisfied with what the generous Japanese have gave her. I've been at PRR for 8 years, Jovy for 5 years and her, 1 year and that early, she wants equality right away?
When Breeze Bar began to have free Wi-Fi for guests, she's always not paying attention to coming guests. Some guests that are raising their hands to get her attention, I have to shout at her that those guests need something. It keeps going on whenever she is assign at Breeze Bar.
One night, a few months ago, she's using Skype and talking to her relatives. She locked the door of the storeroom and talks to her relatives very loud that it sounds louder than my keyboard music.
Just as the same time with that, she talks to a group of Filipino guests with her using the f... word very loudly. Although the other guests don't understand it, it's still not appropriate to utter those words very loudly.
When there is no Wi-Fi yet, she used to watch TV and puts volume while I'm playing instrumental music. When she attends to the needs of guests, I will turn off the volume. It's okay for me if she is watching Korean TV series because it has English translation, or cartoon/Disney channel. That TV is supposed to be glued at ESPN for guests and not for her pleasure while on duty.
There's one time that she using Wi-fi again while on duty, that she turned her back to the guests. A lot of guests are trying to get her attention but because she's not facing them, I have to shout at her that guests need their bills.
A month ago, she's using Skype again and inside the storeroom. Then comes many guests. I stop my playing and told her that there are lots of customer. She stops after 5 minutes and say goodbye to her relatives on line. The place is full house that it needs the help of the other bartender and 2 waitresses of Waves Restaurant to assist to the needs of more than 40 guests --(Chinese, Japanese, Americans, Europeans).
Sources: Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- July 2015
To be published as a book in the future
Music and Me
By Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 2012 -- April 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 2013 -- July 2015
Rodney Yakuchil, left, a Security Personnel of Palau Royal Resort, wants to see how good he looks at Tia Belau Chess Mate column of Roberto Hernandez. He specifically chooses this photo out of 5 shots taken. Sharon Joy Malubay, a new cashier of PRR, right, is also featured here for the first time. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
LOUDER THAN MY MUSIC
(I Will Start This Article with this Article...)
The Japanese guy playing guitar has been to Palau 2 or 3 years ago. He played guitar with Roberto at that time using the Yamaha guitar and a pick that was lend to him by Roberto. The pick got lost somewhere and everybody can't find it. He replaced it with a new one. The guy at right gave Roberto $50.00 tip at Waves Restaurant and another $50.00 at Breeze Bar where they enjoyed 'live' karaoke or sing-along.
They are back in Palau in August 29, 2014, 10 days after Roberto and Palau Chess Teammates return from Tromso, Norway for the 2014 World Chess Olympiad,
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
THE STORY OF THE MISSING PICK
(3 YEARS AGO)
MORE or less three years ago, a group of old Japanese enjoyed 'live' sing-along (karaoke) at Breeze Bar of Palau Royal Resort.
One guy can play a guitar. I lend him my guitar and we played together as if we've been playing for a long time.
I also lend him my ordinary guitar pick. Everybody had a good time. I even lend them my Japanese songbook for karaoke written in Japanese characters (Katakana, Hirakana and Kanji).
I allowed them to choose songs from the Japanese songbook. Even if I don't know the song and will be playing it for the first time, I have the guts to explore those songs as long as they will do the singing and I/we will do the accompaniment.
They are very amazed and surprised when I told them that it's my first time to play that song. I just say "Hajimete", meaning "first time".
When they sing the song "Midare Gami", I wrote that words at the Japanese characters' title in Romaji (English). They noticed that I wrote it at the wrong part of the title of the song. When I write an arrow to redirect the Midare Gami handwritten title, they all laugh to my quick reaction!
It was almost a perfect night of enjoyment except for a small unexplainable incident--the guitar pick got lost. We looked and searched for it for almost 30 minutes and we didn't find it. The wind is not so strong at that time. We searched within a few meters perimeter.
The guitarist was very upset about that small thing. He replaced the guitar pick with a new one. A small note from the front desk saying "This is from the Breeze Bar guest that sung with you last night."
He just made a gesture of playing the guitar. I remember him and said, "Oh, you're back in Palau!"
They are sitting in the wooden area, about 17 of them when I counted it. I took my slum book with pictures of Japanese guests that have photo sessions with me at Waves Restaurant and Breeze Bar. Included in that is the guitar pick that I taped with a clear Scotch tape and the note from front desk written on Palau Royal Resort envelop.
I showed it to him and the others recognized me. Most of them are on the same group that night 3 years ago.
They said they will proceed to Breeze Bar at 9pm. I get my guitar and put it near the piano. We played one or two songs and have photo session. The Japanese guy at right gave me $50.00 tip.
At 9pm, I proceed to Breeze Bar. Our General Manager Masayuki Kawaguchi and his wife are there.
When I asked Jovy Rodriguez to set up a table for 17, GM and his wife left to give space for the big group of Japanese.
We set only 17 because that's my head count while talking to the guitarist. There are 20 of them as some are in the rest room. We add another 3 chairs and one more table.
While I'm preparing to start playing Japanese songs, the generous Japanese guy at right gave me another $50.00. He gave Jovy $50.00 also and Joy, the cashier, $20.00.
It's the start of non-stop singing of all-Japanese songs. I brought the other Japanese songs song book so that many can look to choose from. The karaoke song book written in Katakana, Hirakana and Kanji is also available.
They gave me a glass of red wine at Waves Restaurant and another glass of red wine also at Breeze Bar.
The guitarist refused the guitar pick made of turtle shell that I offered him. Maybe he don't like to happen again the incident before. He just signal that he will use his finger and finger nails.
Almost 2 hours of singing enjoyment. They tried also the songs the I haven't played or listened before. They are amazed again when I said "Hajimete" or first time.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
The guitarist, middle, is a bamboo flute teacher in Japan.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Joy)
At the end of the night, everybody enjoyed the evening except Joy, whose $20.00 tip from the generous Japanese guy is not enough for her due to jealousy.
She asked Roberto and Jovy to give her $10.00 each so that everybody get a fair $40.00 each. JEALOUSY AND ENVY!
Roberto and Jovy agreed.
Source: Chess And Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
August 2014
To be published as a book in the future
New cashier Sharon Joy Malubay asked me more than a year ago, to be her sponsor in making a loan at Bank of Hawaii. She promised to treat me and my wife for a brunch at Palau Pacific Resort. I agree to her request.
When I told it to my wife, she refused. Even her co-employees don't agree because if Joy failed to pay it, I will be the one to pay for it. Joy is just a new employee and it's risky to be a sponsor, which I found out later that it is co-signer and not sponsor.
I have already filled up the forms and let her borrowed my passport and work permit for photocopy, before telling my wife.
When I lend her my passport for photocopies, it takes her 5 days before she returned it. Those are very important documents that I entrusted her. It will take only a few minutes to copy those. My passport have an Australian, Russian, Turkish and Schengen visas in it. I know I'm the only person in Palau that has that kinds of visas due to my representation of Palau to Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 2009 and 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Chess Olympiads in Russia, Istanbul Turkey and Tromso, Norway respectively.
If I can't trust her to take care of those important documents, what more with bigger amount involved ($3,000.00)?
I told her that it's only my decision when I agreed initially but we are couple and it needs to be decided by both of us.
And then the story above happens that tested her attitude about 'fairness'. She should respect what the giver has gave her. It's very greedy to ask $10.00 from me and $10.00 from Jovy so that she can say that me and Jovy are fair. She should be satisfied with what the generous Japanese have gave her. I've been at PRR for 8 years, Jovy for 5 years and her, 1 year and that early, she wants equality right away?
When Breeze Bar began to have free Wi-Fi for guests, she's always not paying attention to coming guests. Some guests that are raising their hands to get her attention, I have to shout at her that those guests need something. It keeps going on whenever she is assign at Breeze Bar.
One night, a few months ago, she's using Skype and talking to her relatives. She locked the door of the storeroom and talks to her relatives very loud that it sounds louder than my keyboard music.
Just as the same time with that, she talks to a group of Filipino guests with her using the f... word very loudly. Although the other guests don't understand it, it's still not appropriate to utter those words very loudly.
When there is no Wi-Fi yet, she used to watch TV and puts volume while I'm playing instrumental music. When she attends to the needs of guests, I will turn off the volume. It's okay for me if she is watching Korean TV series because it has English translation, or cartoon/Disney channel. That TV is supposed to be glued at ESPN for guests and not for her pleasure while on duty.
There's one time that she using Wi-fi again while on duty, that she turned her back to the guests. A lot of guests are trying to get her attention but because she's not facing them, I have to shout at her that guests need their bills.
A month ago, she's using Skype again and inside the storeroom. Then comes many guests. I stop my playing and told her that there are lots of customer. She stops after 5 minutes and say goodbye to her relatives on line. The place is full house that it needs the help of the other bartender and 2 waitresses of Waves Restaurant to assist to the needs of more than 40 guests --(Chinese, Japanese, Americans, Europeans).
Sources: Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- July 2015
To be published as a book in the future
Music and Me
By Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 2012 -- April 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 2013 -- July 2015
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