When I was still in college, there was only one Netopia: in the street across Miriam. Now, they seem to be everywhere.

That was 5 years ago, when Internet Cafes aren’t as popular as they are now.

Walking to the MRT station after getting off the jeepney at the old Rustan’s in Cubao, I walked past one in Shopwise (the site of the old Fiesta Carnival), and two or three inside Farmer’s Plaza.

When I was wandering around SM North, there was one in the Annex building, one on the 3rd floor of the main building, and 2 or three more in Cyberzone, the carpark building.

Now we know why everybody in the Philippines is on Friendster.