I hate moving, virtually and in real life. The packing and unpacking activity is just too tiring and frustrating. But we can’t run away from it this time. Sigh.

It’s been a good 6 months of hosting our sites (mine and boyfriend’s) at Lunarpages until a month ago or so. There was over-usage and we have been moved to cloud server. Lunarpages has been so kind to give us time to lower down the usage so that we can get back to the normal server (whatever the name is), instead of kicking us out and leaving us homeless.

Although there is a constant messaging between the support center and boyfriend, but the over-usage problem still exists. We have done our best by cleaning up the sites and installing WP Super Cache plugin. Yes, it does lower the usage but not low enough so that we can move back to the normal server. So frustrating, okay? Especially since the support center keeps telling us about the new stat and asks how do we want to proceed from here, without really giving us a solution.

So, we thought probably Lunarpages can’t handle so many WordPress sites. We have around 10 and are poor enough to upgrade to dedicated server (again, whatever the name is) like what Lunarpages suggests. Hence, we started to hunt for a new affordable ‘house’ (read: hosting) that can afford our need and decided to try WPwebhost, as they claim that they specializes in hosting WordPress-powered websites.

So, there we go. Move to a new hosting. Like in the real life (as in moving house), the packing and unpacking stuffs is done mostly by boyfriend.

Now, I just hope that we can stay longer in the new ‘house’ without the need to move out anytime soon. And, it would be oh so great if this blog is shortlisted under the top 10 modern&elegant category in Best WordPress Design Award by WPwebhost, cause that means I could stand a chance to win free hosting. Hehe..

I don’t know if over usage is the right word to describe the situation. What I know is, our account has been temporarily moved to cloud server. The rest of the words in the email is just too geeky for me to understand. Never mind as long as boyfriend understands it.

Because of that we have to put SimplyWP in maintenance mode for a while. We were given 72 hours to solve this (if I not mistaken) , otherwise we will need to go for (the expensive) dedicated server. Sigh.

But, the staffs at Lunarpages (our current hosting) has been quite kind to us. Now, cracking head to solve the problem. Sigh.

I am a blind man when it comes to hosting, so I leave it to the boyfriend (my superman , my webmaster). All the while we’ve been using this cheapo, probably the worse web hosting on earth called Galaxy Webhosting. We didn’t mind with the downtime, which happened quite often and without notice first, as long as our sites could up and run smoothly after few hours.

But yesterday, Galaxy Webhosting has just done the stupidest thing ever! Let’s flash back to 29 hours before this. I woke up, turn on my computer, went to my blog and saw a white page with this words:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: preg_match() in blablabla wp-db.php

Wtf? Fast forward, we managed to contact the support after so many hours of waiting. Like usual, the support always hide and cannot be reach when there was a problem or downtime. So kiasu, kiasi, gutless, no balls! And the answer was, they were testing on the new PHP5 (or whatever it is) hence every sites with PHP will be down.

Whoa.. They let the clients’ sites down just for the purpose of testing new PHP, very ‘smart’ act! What make it worse, they were still on the so called testing after 12 hours. Hoi, I need to make living from my blogs hokay? If it was down for almost a day, that means I will have to kiss good bye to the green paper. Who gonna pay my internet bill, phone bill, my shopping spree, etc, hah?

Anyway, this is a lesson to learn. Don’t ruin your life just because you want to save some money. Sometimes you get what you pay for. You know how good thing seldom comes in good price. There will be time you could get budget software at affordable price and good quality while sometimes no.

So, the boyfriend and I have been thinking to change to a better hosting. We thought, it’s time to change. But, all those top 10 well-known hosting is so expensive hence we were in dilemma of whether we should fork out the $100++ for 2 years hosting or not. Well, good quality thing never comes in cheap price, I am so stingy but I realize we need to invest for a better future. *full of dilemma*

Fast forward. While we were thinking whether we should settle with Lunarpages (unlimited bandwidth, unlimited space, $4.95/month which is more affordable compare to others) or not, the boyfriend received a come back coupon from Lunarpages. Woohoo! How can we say no and decline such a tempting offer? 2 years hosting – basic plan at less than $100 and it’s Lunarpages! *jump up*

The boyfriend has been working hard since last night to move our sites. We have 9 or 10, I’ve lost the count.

All the while I could only read about how good Lunarpages/Hostgator/Bluehost/(insert famous hosting here) are from others but couldn’t afford to buy one. Now I can say: finally I’ve moved to Lunarpages. *big wet eyes*

A good news (for me). One of our (boyfriend & I) free scrapbook-based themes;Brown Stitch theme; goes in the Round 7 of WordPress-theme-design-contest-by-Lunarpages~! It is now battling with the other 4 wordpress themes.

So now I am asking for support from all of my readers. *Please, tell me that I do have readers*

Vote for Brown Stitch Theme Here

click the image to go to demo site

Thank you so much~!

My Dad went out to meet his friends last night for a business talk. In the end of the day, he got the business but he lost the left-side-mirror of the 6 weeks old car. -__-”

He parked the car at a quite crowded place but it couldn’t stop the thief from stealing the side mirror. wtf. He even had the plate number printed on the mirror but it couldn’t prevent the thief from stealing it. Perhaps it’s time to get a full car insurance besides term life insurance quotes. It seems to be a very clean work. No major ‘scar’ was seen around the side mirror area. *two thumbs up for the thief*