Last night, I got a call from a friend I haven't heard from for many months. She just came from a vacation spent abroad. Before our conversation ended, we've agreed to continue communicating.
A: Do you have a friendster account?
Me: No, I don't have one.
A: Whaaaat? I think you're the only person in this world who doesn't have a friendster account!
Me: So what?
A: Why don't you get one? In this www.com age, it's easy to have friends and keep track of them through Friendster.
Me: I don't think I need one.
A: Why is that so?
Me: First, my blog is enough. Second, I stay most of the time in the office and it's just inappropriate for me to be doing Friendster while at work. Third, I have lots of work and I don't have time for it. Fourth, I think I am old enough for it.
A: So you really feel okay with being "friendsterless."
Me: I don't find any reason not to be okay with it. It's okay for me to be "friendsterless." What's not okay with me is to be friendless. I have friends anyway, even without friendster.
A: Okay, I rest my case. Just give me your email na lang.
I was smiling at the other end of the line.