19 PALAUAN LADIES ENJOY MY PALAU
MUSIC AND GAVE ME A TOTAL OF $17.00 TIP
It is not an ordinary Friday
evening, Feb. 17 at Waves Restaurant of Palau Royal Resort as I have 19 Palauan
ladies in front of the piano.
Ley Balba, Mylz Esmeralda Toboso and Vina F
Liwanag are having dinner w/ HR Manager Bob Hsiao. I know Ley’s usual requested
song I played first Ley's favorite song "Somewhere in Time" followed
by all- Palauan songs.
When I played Omruud a Reng, the
lady at right asked me to sing it but I haven't memorized yet its lyrics. I
followed it up with Ngesuas which I know the chorus. I played more Palauan
songs.
When I am singing Dil Dil Lomais, Jay Orio,
buffet man, wants to sing with me and some other ladies. I put on the lyrics
and it's amazing that Jay can sing it although he messed up with the accent in
"Maral meringel Rengak".
When I played and sang the Peliliu song
Odasangel, the ladies showed their tradition of giving at least a dollar to me
by each of them. I am surrounded by more than a dozen Palauan ladies with money
to give me while we are singing Odasangel!
I think most of them are from
Peliliu. One of them is taking a video of us. No time for me to capture that
special moment so I just took some photos with money on top of the piano.
Another lady added $5.00 and another one -
$3.00 for a total of $17.00 which Mylz jokingly said she will total/assess it
for "tax" while they are passing by after their dinner.
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- April 04, 2017
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess-blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 --April 04, 2017
