I have been inundated with web hosting problems since beginning of May. I woke up one morning to find that my hosting account has been suspended. Imagine my own suspense. I know I paid my hosting bill already and yet I was directed to contact the billing department.

I later found out that the problem was because of server overload. It pissed me off that my blogs were offline and inaccessible for more than half a day and this happened twice over a week! My traffic went out the window along with whatever blog revenue I was enjoying.

I have been comparing various web hosting packages since then and a friend suggested Exabytes, a Malaysian web hosting solutions company that I am already familiar with but did not know that they will soon launch a new and improved web hosting plan, with more powerful RAM, larger HDD capacity and higher speed processor.

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I haven’t decided yet but am waiting for Exabytes to reveal the total number of add-on domains allowed for this new hosting plan. You know, with a slew of blogs under my belt, I certainly prefer a web hosting plan that could accommodate all my blogs and websites.

Not too long ago, I provided hosting for a friend. I gave him a sub-domain and shared my hosting package with him. Well, he was a student then and even though hosting isn’t expensive, he could not afford it and did not want to ask his parents to fund his blogging activities. Now that he is employed and earns enough, he plans to host his own blog, with his own top level domain. I fully encourage him to do so as there would be many more opportunities open for a self-hosted blog with a TLD.

Coincidentally, Exabytes has just launched a neat Exabytes Swithchhhh Program which makes switching webhosts a breeze. The good news is that this holiday season, Exabytes is running an offer which could save you RM70 per year in hosting fees.

From experience, Exabytes is a company that has a strong customer support service. There have been times when my support tickets were replied to even after office hours. In a day or two, I hope to write a separate post on the surprise year end gift that I received from them in the mail recently.

Anyway, if you plan to switch your web hosting to Exabytes, do it quick. Their EBiz Plus Web Hosting which is most suitable for bloggers like us, is only RM199 per year and is large enough for you to host your blog, personal website, photo gallery and also act as your private online storage.

In addition, as a new Exabytes Switchhhh client, you will be in the drawing for one of the fifty monthly prizes worth a total of RM30,000. Prizes include a HP Mini Note (I want!!), HP Officejet, Logitech EX90 Wireless keyboard and many more useful devices.

So, don’t wait. Check out Exabytes Swithchhhh Program now and if you have any doubts, ask. Just drop Exabytes an email or utilize the live chat feature on their website.

Happy blogging!

I took these photos when I was in Kinta City last evening. Most people were busy with the games over at the other end of the concourse. I think there were prizes up for grabs, that’s why.

Anyway, I did not bother with the games as we had to register and then wait for our names to be called. I just took these photos and ciao-ed.

There weren’t many people interested in the race car when I was around, at least less of a crowd than the auto show where the Jaguar XF was displayed in Ipoh Parade two months ago.

Even so, each time I was about to take a shot, people would come over at the other side that I inevitably captured them on my image as well but at least the security guard turned away LOL

Although I have been a fan of Formula One for years now, living in backwater Ipoh, this was the first opportunity I had getting close to a real Formula One race car. The car is larger than it looked on television. It was like a boat.

I have to confess that ING Renault F1 Team is not my favourite F1 team but heh, this was at good as it gets unless I head to Sepang during race weekend, so not complaints!

I also took a couple of photos from the first floor. I actually took a few more but deleted them because I think they were spoilt by balding heads. SIGH

Children had the chance to race against each other in remote control cars and I think there were prizes of scale car models to be won. There were computer games as well, though I could not see what sort of games they were, except for boxing. LOL

As you can see from these “aerial” shots, the crowd was small but I expect Kinta City to be more crowded on Saturday and Sunday when people usually spend the entire day there even when there’s no special activity, demonstration, roadshow or sale.

If you are in Ipoh and would like to catch the ING Renault F1 Team roadshow, see the F1 race car or camwhore with some ING Renault F1 leng luis, head over to Kinta City tomorrow.