I received a text message from a friend very early this morning telling me to check something out in the net. She thinks that I am accused of something by another person. I was still sleepy and confused of what she had texted me about, so i grabbed the phone from my bedside table and called her.
My friend was so excited about the whole thing and started talking about the incident immediately. I had to ask her to pause for a while, since I had no idea what she was talking about. She assumed that I have already seen/read the "article entry and comments" that she was referring to. So, I said hold on, I really have no clue. Start again from the very beginning. So, she did.
My initial reaction was to get up from the bed and go to the computer and check it out for myself. I never believed in just relying on hearsays. I had to see and read it for myself. Apparently, this Filipina wrote something in her blogs which stirred the feelings of some people. Naturally, since it is open to public, she started getting comments. The thing was, somebody left a comment with the Belgian IP address. My friend had the feeling that this girl knows that I came from Belgium and seems to assume that the person who left a "comment" would be my relative.
What I did, I also traced this IP address that she posted in her reply. It is indeed from Belgium. It is a computer linked to the internal network of the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium. Okay, that is then established. Anybody can find this out for himself from the RIPE Whois Database.
I don't really see any logic in it. I can only believe this to be true if, I knew at least one person studying or working at this University. Which is not the case.
In the end, I could assure my friend that I was neither directly nor indirectly involved into their discussion about "ignorance and arrogance". Having said this, I would like to express strongly that the last comment is really way below the belt and should not be given extra attention. I would simply delete the comment.
Looking at the whole thing, it's funny how the internet can spice up our life and provide little excitements. ;-)
Posted by missP at May 15, 2004 10:39 AMHello Svelte.
Thanks for letting me know. Actually, nabasa ko na sa blogsite ang mga nangyari even before you left me a comment about it.
The point is, I was wrongly accused for something which I never did and the accuser still has not apologised to me after the kiss and make ups that went on between her and Haynaku.
heto masasabi ko, missp. si haynaku apologised to anp. in spite of the apology, though, the bintang went on. after several weeks, yon, nag-sorry na rin si anp to haynaku, but not for defaming her comment site but for the thoughtlessness din of the blog itself... :)
Posted by: svelte at June 21, 2004 10:56 PMwhy don't you just post the ip address here now, together with solid evidence that i would be the owner of that address.
if you cannot, then i suggest we stop this here.
about your first question, i cannot help you there. ask my friend yourself.
Posted by: MissP at May 15, 2004 11:29 PMobvious na obvious na pagbibintang yan Melissa! parang unfair ata yan sa mga taong wala naman kasalanan or reason na magalit sa iyo katulad ng friend kong si missp. IP's can be faked now a days! are you and your husband aware of that??
Posted by: Cherry at May 15, 2004 09:36 PMforgot.
mail it to melissaanp@yahoo.com instead.
honestly, the IP match is convincing pero I seriously would like to be proven wrong.
Posted by: AnP at May 15, 2004 08:18 PMbakit naman your friend was quick to point out that it was you?
anyway, mail me your email address. I'll mail you back the IP trace route. We don't have dedicated IP dito pero it matches yours. So, either, the person is using the same provider or... diba?
Posted by: AnP at May 15, 2004 07:58 PMThanks for the quick comment. We were only concerned because of the "Belgian connection":
"IP address of hay nako: 134.58.253.129
leuven brussels belgium
we (a friend here in germany who tracked you) know your "relations" here in germany. Funny ka. . . ."
Hope you find the culprit.
Posted by: MissP at May 15, 2004 05:59 PMI'll email you the IP address if you want. I only posted the Belgian address but the haynako2 comment was from a German one. Traced it using Ultima Traceroute. Checked all the other IPs of commenters in my blog. Somehow, it matched. I have yet to post the whole thing because I am waiting for my husband to re-verify.
Interesting how you came to that conclusion, though. Ask your friend again.
Posted by: AnP at May 15, 2004 05:20 PM