Whoever put up a website to search for lost friends must be totally bored or s/he may have felt the need to connect, after all, no man is an island, as the cliche goes.

Despite a quarter of the human population being friendster users, there are still some people i know who havent given in to the pressure. Imagine everytime they meet with friends the question is always :"May friendster account ka?" And thats not the end of it. You have to explain why you doesnt have an account and why you are not planning to have one. Goodness! I-explain ba ang buhay. That must be tiring. Therefore, i salute those people who opted to deviate and live a quiet life.

Friendster, after some time, evolved, from just being an instrument to fulfill the need to connect, into an instrument of expressing (and exposing) one's self, tastefully or otherwise. I have seen hookers, bitches (which they happily call themselves, therefore, not derogatory), men and women, gays, children, animals, living forms in all shapes and sizes. Interestingly, I have seen hookers peddling their wares on screen, teasing lustful men and women, and we dont know what happens after that. It is a totally free space where whores and colegialas alike meet ( though its different to distinguish one from the other).

I while away my time searching for old classmates from elementary to college, old crushes, ex-boyfriends, even enemies.

My hny and I even came up with a list of observations and comments regarding friendster users' pictures.

1) People who put a celebrity picture rather than their own must be so ugly they cant even take to look at themselves.

2) Men who have pictures half naked are not really "men".

3) Majority of the women who have invites from groups which attest to one's beauty, intellect, sexiness, etc. look otherwise.

4) People who put their email addresses for everyone to add up do not have enough friends.

5) People tend to put information on their profile that would make them seem cool.

6) Women who are either tease or hooker (or both) do not show their real faces but reveal juicy parts of their body (or so they think). But when they do, you'll just get disappointed.

7) Friends who just copy and paste graphic testimonials do not really know who you are.

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