When Boredom Strikes

All right, so I've been around Cebu City for at least three months now, and I've noticed something interesting. Most of the time I've spent here in Cebu has been in Asiatown I.T. Park and I've noticed only three coffee shops worth noting around here: Figaro, Bo's Coffee and Starbucks and I've got to say, why is Bo's even here?

I understand Starbucks, having great coffee and all, plus the superficial social status one gets for being regularly there or some other crap of an excuse. Trust me, you wouldn't want to go there for Wi-Fi because they charge 100 an hour, but bottom-line-- it's great coffee.

Figaro on the other hand, has a lot of people with laptops since they offer free Wi-Fi. They also have great coffee but I wouldn't say it was better than Starbucks.

So going back to my question: why is Bo's even here? First of all, they don't make great coffee at all. They usually give coffee without sugar-- seeing as its roasted coffee, they don't even point out that people can get sugar, otherwise I wouldn't have always had a bitter experience-- every time.

So much for the coffee, sure they have Wi-Fi, but they'd charge you 30 pesos for every hour you charge, that's 2-3 times more the rate of even decent internet cafes.

So, if you're on the indifference curve between Figaro and Starbucks, I would suggest deciding what's more important for you, the "social"-ness of Starbucks, or the free Wi-Fi and still great tasting coffee of Figaro.

Do yourself a favor and not go to Bo's.