Mr. Alleba
I can still recall my high school days. I was once addicted to creating fan sites for my favorite local celebrities which includes Cogie Domingo, Tanya Garcia among others. As a newbie webmistress, I registered a number of accounts at Geocities. Because of this, I managed to avail a number of unlimited hosting accounts at Dreamhost.
Mr. Alleba and Micamyx the fangirl 
Search Engine Optimizations and blogs are not yet popular way back. I had to submit the URLs of my fansites manually for my site to be visible at the search results.
One of the search engines which offers site directories which is created and maintained by a Filipino is Alleba. I remember inserting a code at the homepage of my fansites to be approved by the moderator. I was jumping for joy when one day, I found my links at the site directory.
Now fast forward to 2008: I attended the iBlog4 and one blogger told me that Andrew dela Serna, the guy behind Alleba.com is in the place. I finally saw the guy behind the search engine. I met the Davao bloggers like Ria, Blogie and Winston, but I wasn’t introduced to Mr. Alleba 
Then I saw him again at Wordcamp 2008. Jehzlau narrated some stories about him weeks before the event. I’m not really sure if Jehz introduced me to him this time. All I can remember is that I smiled at him like a shy fan girl LOL.
Mr. Alleba and I became online friends mainly because of Jehz. Something happened last year that made me really worry much. Later on, Mr. Alleba became my Koya and I confessed my fandom
Jeff, Winston, Drew and Mica
Last April, I finally got the chance to really talk to him face-to-face. We had a number of adventures and misadventures together with Winston and Jeff. Last month, I realized that Mr. Alleba is a real Kuya because he got mad at me. Oh well, kasalanan ko din and i’m glad he did. 
Today, my Koya Drew turns ** years old. Happy Birthday to you!
Here’s my wish for you: I am hoping you’d get married next year. Wag muna this year magtatampo ako LOL
Aabangan ka na namin sa Sunday Huzzah!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
ang tanda na niya. jhehehehe. pero mukhang bata pa rin. happy birthday koya.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Thanks Mica! Glad to be your Koya
Woot fangirl!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Wow! May fearless prediction! LOLz.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
@Winston – Hehe mukhang bata at isip bata
@Drew – Weeee happy birthday ulit idol!
@Aileen Apolo – Hehehe sana nga matupad
June 4th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
realized may hawig si batangyagit at si drew
June 4th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
@Digital Manila – Magkuya nga talaga
June 4th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Whew nakalimutan ko batiin si Mr. Alleba ng Happy Birthday… di bale dito na lang haha
June 4th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
weeeeeeeeeee! fan girl! wooot!
“I am hoping you’d get married next year” – naku… 1% chance mag kaka totoo to mica.. hehe
June 5th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
hanef ! a blogpost about a blogger ! at fan ka pala ha !
when i was a webmaster for an ISP before and di pa uso ang tawag na SEO, it was my responsibility to add client’s websites to search engines and alleba.com was one of them i added sites onto. who knew the owner would eventually become a very good friend
cheers to mr. alleba, and happy birthday !
June 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
@jaydj: I *think* Mica also has a confession for you.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@Melo – Woot
@Jehz – IKR. Actually, I don’t really want him to get married… yet LOL
@Jaydj- Yup. Fangirl hehe waaaah ngayon kuya-kuyahan ko na
@Drew – Spoiler amf.
June 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Wow, I am new with the SEO thing. I used another website for it, at wala akong clue mashado if tama gngwa ko haha! btw, happy birthday to Mr. Alleba
June 6th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Yey! Happy bday to him, hehe, dq sya kilala..pero kikilalanin q din… LOLs
congrats sau ate mica to met a friend like them! cheers!
June 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Ahaha! Ang kulet! Weee
June 6th, 2010 at 6:03 am
[...] I wrote a birthday post for him last year which is more candid and errr… fangirl-ish. For a change, I’ll be posting an excerpt from my current interview with him related to Alleba. No need to search for answers because it’s all here so read on > 1. Give me a short story on how Alleba started. [...]