Final Notes on Apo Island
My Negros Oriental Tour: My Final Notes On Apo Island In general, I liked this Apo Island visit. But as you will see down the article, there are things that I realized were not at all attractive – after some of you have reacted by txt, call, email or chat as I went along. So here goes… Power! This one is interesting… the “council of elders” still rules on Apo Island hehe! How is that? I asked why the island only has electric power from 630PM until 930PM when folks usually need it every minute of the day. I learned that the reason was nothing but arbitrary. I learned further that the power’s time-slot have been moved to different time-frames. There was a time it was made available 6 to 9, there was also a time it was until 12 midnight. At another time, even until morning. But one point-of-view emerged most important. Hear this: older folks complained that the younger population kept singing at those videoke machines until the wee hours so that they could not sleep early BUT they needed