salah satu kegiatan favorit gue di rumah adalah nonton tv. emang sebagian besar waktu gue di rumah emang dipake buat nongkrongin that magic box, or the other "magic box" (read: computer monitor), walopun kalo di rumah gue nyoba buat gak nongkrongin komputer lama². i'd watch any tv shows, but mostly i'd tune in to law & order. for those who are not familiar with this show, this is somewhat a detective-like show about the crimes that's happening in new york city. the one thing i love about this show is that half hour was about the groundwork of the crime, how the NYPD works to find the evidence, the suspect, even checking alibis or motives to make out a case. then the rest of half hour will be used by the district attorneys to present this case to the court and then to show their 'action' in court to prosecute the defendant.
dari kecil gue emang paling suka ama film² court-show thriller kayak a few good men, the rainmaker, atau a time to kill. it always impresses me to learn about laws. dan disini orang² amat sangat menjunjung "law & order" demi tercapainya hidup teratur.
professor gue dulu pernah bilang.. "the main difference of knowing how advance a country is to see how they practice their law. a developed country would have laws for everything.. and they follow it and use it without corruption." waktu gue denger ini, gue sih mengangguk² walopun kurang begitu ngerti maksudnya.. tapi sejak itu gue jadi sering memerhatikan bagaimana orang² di amerika amat sangat menjunjung tinggi peraturan yang telah ditetapkan. buang sampah pada tempatnya, gak parkir sembarangan, menjaga kebersihan bersama di tempat² umum, budaya ngantri di setiap tempat, and so on and so forth.
ironically, throughout my interest about law and how law is being practiced, i had never interested in having a career in law. i wouldn't mind studying and understanding it, but i don't think it's a good career for me, though. i learn and try to understand them. but of course, mostly it's all about laws in america. i figure that since i live here, i should know my rights and the laws of this place so if i was ever done wrong, i know what to do. and watching that tv show "law & order" is also part of my learning & understanding, especially it's about the laws here in new york.
what impresses me the most about laws in america is that it's constantly changing to better fit the situation. it's changing to make things better, not changing to corrupt the idea of it. sadly, i couldn't say the same thing for my country though. honestly, i don't even want to compare, cuz i don't know that much about laws and how laws are being practiced nowadays back home. all i know, people's understanding about laws are much better than how it was when i left the country some 8 years ago. but do they practice it right? i don't know.. maybe those who live there could tell me.. especially who are currently a lawyer *lirik bapak ini dan ini*
and the laws are changing here so regularly that sometimes the laws are ridiculously funny, but hey it works!! ya contohnya seperti peraturan dari bloomberg ttg gak boleh dance di taman. hehe.. ya maksudnya sih buat keamanan ajah, tapi the law sounds funny, doesn't it?
tapi itu kan peraturan² kecil buat kehidupan sehari²? gimana dengan peraturan buat tingkah laku kriminal yang tingkatnya tinggi atau A felony, such as murder, grand larceny, assault, etc. in new york city, these offenders are facing 25 years to life of prison time if they are proven guilty. but what about self-defense?
last nite, on one of my "law & order" marathon, there was this case about a bipolar disorder girl who killed herself because she was off the medication. the reason she didn't take her meds was because her boss told her not to. her boss apparently was also her lover who is a sadist and brutally raped her over and over. although he didn't actually pull the trigger, he contributed the idea of "self-unworthy" to this bipolar girl and lead her to self destruction. so the district attorney was having a tricky time trying to take him in for trial. on the other hand, the girl's dad was traumatized about the loss of his daughter, especially knowing about what her daughter's boss did to her. and then he took the law to his own hand and killed the guy himself, reenacting the scene of how the girl died.
so sadly, he was put on trial and his attorney used a reason of "temporary insanity" for his defense. at the end, he lost the trial but he was not sorry for what he did. what do you think?? some of us probably think that he did a right thing, but according to the eyes of the law, he had broken it. and justice goes for everyone, including the offenders. he, like any other citizens, should be judged and tried in court until the "people" (the jurors) would prove him guilty. you've heard that saying.. innocent until proven guilty, haven't you? but here, proving one to be guilty is as hard as proving one's innocence.
backhome, i heard so much about how people would take this justice in their own hands. an eye for an eye. people would be judged right on the street. maybe the reason is because once it goes to trial, there could be other things going on behind the curtain (read: bribery) that would not get the offenders received the punishment s/he deserves.
i think it also goes the same here. the trials are very complicated, but the main difference is that the officers of the court have higher integrity about their job. korupsi atau sogokan pasti ada, tapi jarang kedengeran. kenapa? karena mereka bisa di keluarkan dari status ke-lawyer-an nya.. dan dilaporkan ke "ethics board" kalo ketauan ada urusan korupsi atau bribery di belakang layar. again, gue gak bisa ngebedain dengan keadaan di indonesia.. most likely they have this, but as long as the culture of "bribery" still being taken casually, who would go the trouble to do this?
so, does "an eye for an eye" a good practice of justice? if A kills B, does B's family have the right to kill A? then does that give the right for A's family to take revenge?? when will that ever stop?
an eye for an eye leaves the world blind...
:: sLesTa
>> posted on 8/27/2003 10:08:00 PM | [
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:: Wednesday, August 20 ::
>> JUST MY LIL' THOUGHT
walopun udah rada² telat.. gue pengen share 'thoughts' gue dalam rangka ulang tahun kemerdekaan negri kita yang baru saja lewat. gak kerasa yaa.. negara kita udah umur 58 tahun. masih muda sih kalo dibandingin negara² gede laennya.. apalagi kalo dibandingin ama amerika, wuiiihhh.. ibaratnya pohon, kita tuh masih bijinya, amerika udah jadi pohon gede. kalo selama ini kita selalu terkagum² dengan majunya negara amerika atau negara² bagian eropa, sebenernya sih wajar aja, karena jalan kita untuk seperti mereka itu jauh sekali. tapi bukan berarti kita gak bisa. gue yakin, one day kita pasti bisa.. walopun pelan². negara kita negara yang kaya hanya saja permasalahan besar kita justru terletak di resource paling besar.. manusia nya. selama gue tinggal di negeri orang, gue tentunya sering ngebandingin semua ini. kok di negara ini bisa maju, tapi negara kita enggak? and for some reason.. which i don't know if it's coincidence or not.. selalu jatoh ke faktor manusia nya, walopun bukan berarti ini faktor satu²nya. tapi jalan berpikir sebagian besar orang indonesia itu masih jauh dengan jalan berpikir orang² disini. eh, tapi bukan berarti gue bilang jalan berpikir kita itu gak bagus. tentu saja jalan pikir kita berbeda karena kita berasal dari kultur yang beda juga. banyak yang bagus dari jalan berpikir kita, walopun for some weird reason, we mostly choose to use the bad ones instead of the good ones.
contohnya.. korupsi. ini adalah contoh yang paling nyata dan gue yakin semua orang setuju. korupsi di negara kita tuh udah ngakar sampe di ujung kaki.. sampe² gue kalo mikir tuh.. "wah.. ini sih bisa gak ada abisnya" kalo mau ngilangin korupsi. ya abis mau gimana "kebiasaan" korupsi kita tuh udah ada sejak jaman nenek moyang kita dan turun temurun ketika belanda menjajah kita selama tiga setengah abad. jadi kalo dipikir² mau ngeberantas kebiasaan kita ini.. pastinya bakal lama banget... tapi gue yakin kalo kita pasti bisa, kalau saja kita² yang jadi generasi mendatang sadar akan kejelekan ini dan tidak mengulangi kesalahan pendahulu kita. sudah saatnya kita² sadar akan bangga indonesia. bukan hanya dalam tulisan yang tidak akan berarti apa², tapi dalam segala tindak laku kita. bangga akan indonesia bukan berarti kita harus stuck dengan segala ke-indonesia-an, tapi mampu bersaing dan bertingkah laku secara internasional, namun tetap berhati dan berjiwa nasionalis demi membangun bangsa.
gue sadar kalo gue belom bisa memberi apa² buat negara gue. tapi satu saat nanti gue akan ikut membangun negara dari semua jerih payah yang gue capai di negri orang ini. insya Allah kita berjuang bersama² dengan jalan yang lurus. amin.
ngomong² ttg korupsi, tadi pagi.. pas gue lagi ngantri buat beli kopi di dunkin donuts langganan gue.. ada seorang polisi berdiri di depan gue. di warung kopi ini banyak anak indonesia yang kerja dan karena mereka kenal sama gue dan karena gue udah sering banget beli kopi & donut disini.. gue selalu dapet diskon walopun awal²nya gue selalu maksa untuk bayar dengan harga asli. trus.. tadi pagi.. pas ibu polisi ini mau bayar kopinya, si kasir nolak. dia bilang.. "that's okay, you don't have to pay" ... yaahh.. sebenernya sih wajar² aja menurut gue, dan sesuai dengan image gue dengan polisi (apalagi polisi indonesia) gue sih yakin² aja kalo si ibu polisi pasti bakal ngambil kopinya. tapi ternyataaa.. dia kekeuh ngasih duit $10 nya ke tangan si kasir sambil becanda bilang.. "take it, you're gonna get in trouble if you don't" .. and she won't leave until the cashier took the money. and all i can say.. it may not mean much, but it sure was very motivating.. wasn't it??
selamat dirgahayu yang ke 58, negaraku...
:: sLesTa
>> posted on 8/20/2003 04:25:00 AM | [
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:: Saturday, August 16 ::
>> WHEN WE TAKE 'MODERNIZATION' FOR GRANTED...
by the time i'm posting this entry, i'm sure everyone already knows about what happened in most northeastern states in america on thursday afternoon. yep, total blackout. i was just typing an email on my work computer when i heard the AC started to sound funny. i thought the AC was gonna go down or it was just tired working.. after all it was just a very hot day outside. maybe the worst i've felt this summer. then after that funny sound, the AC just went dead along with the flickers on the light and my computer just goes off. the IT person has been working with our server the whole week and i thought he had done something in the server room that caused the power to go out. after finding out that he didn't do anything to it, we thought it was probably the whole building went out of electricity since they have been having this electricity underground on the street right next to our building. we still didn't know what's going on, and all of us thought it was probably just a short shutdown or something.. until.. i got an SMS from a friend of mine who works about 8 blocks away from me. she was wondering if the light was out at my building too.. and that's when i thought the electricity was probably out for some blocks away. i tried to reply to her, but it wouldn't go through. by this time, everyone was trying to use their cell phone to call, at least my boss was trying to call the alarm company since it goes off continuously making this annoying sound.. which eventually went out anyways.
no calls could go through. and since the phone lines at the office were networked, they are all dead along with the electricity. i finally thought that the land lines should be working if we can connect the phone line to the regular dial-up phone. and we did.. and it worked, although we couldn't still get in touch with people because cell phones are dead.. and most of the phones are using those cordless phones, so definitely noone knows if the calls are coming. and who i called?? i called her to see if at least the phone lines are working, and it was. i, then, asked hani to keep me up to date with what's going on... after that, i went to the other side of the office where we can see the streets on the fifth avenue, and i saw people who are standing outside of their building, on the emergency stairs. while below, the streets were packed and the intersections were blocked since the traffic lights weren't just working either. ... and that's when it came out to everyone that something is going on!! ... but the problem is, with no electricity, we can't go to the internet.. and no way to turn on the radio since everything is powered by electricity. so we were in a total blackout!!!
by 5.15pm, i was already outside on fifth avenue, along with thousands of people trying to figure out how to go home. subways are definitely not working and the only option is to go home by foot. oh how everything reminds me of how it happened almost two years ago, and this time is even worse because of the hot weather. i got lucky this time cuz i got a ride home from my boss who took his car to work everyday. other people had to go home on foot and i know people who ended up walking for 8 hours just to get home. in between traffic, i tried to call hanzky again who told me that the power plant was out and it happened in most of the northeastern states. i asked her to keep me an update, if she doesn't mind.. but by the time she called back, all services are out on the cellphones *by the way, i got ur message, say.. thanks!*.
after a long time inside the crazy heavy traffic, i finally got home around 8.30pm and it was so dark outside that i had to walk carefully to get inside the apartment building. by this time, people are still walking on the streets on their way to home, and whoever's home are sitting outside the apartment buildings and on the streets to catch the breeze of the hot summer night. i went inside the house, trying to figure out my way inside since i just couldn't see anything.. using my cell phone light i found my way to the kitchen and found two candles. i also found a camping light, kinda look like a petromaks lamp, in the kitchen, a leftover of my yearly camping trip. tried to light it up and within seconds my apartment was bright as if the electricity was never down. i opened the windows and the door to the patio to get some nice breeze and then ... i just didn't know what else to do. by this time, my cell phone just went dead because the service was out. my home phone was out because i only have a cordless phone which obviously needed electricity to work. i looked around for my regular phone, only to find it was broken. i was going nuts looking for something that doesn't need electricity to work.. and the only thing i found was this flashlight that i bought two years ago in some 'invention' place. the flashlight doesn't need a battery, but you have to move your hands to work the electricity inside to get a light out. and after a while it's just tiring to use. it's a good thing i found that petromaks lamp.
i had to use my neighbor's phone to call my friends but all the phones are dead, especially cell phones. i was just restless staying at home by myself, in the dark and heat, i decided to walk out and maybe visit my nearest friend's house. by the time i was out, it was so freakin' dark that i couldn't see anything 10 feet away from me. i was scared to death walking in the dark by myself.. who know if anybody would catch me?? in the dark, noone could see anything. so i took the road with a whole bunch of people only to find my friend's not home yet. so i went back home. when i was outside, i felt as if i was in that movie "28 days later". the eerie empty city stays in the dark really do look like alot of the scenes in the movie. but hey... a lot of people are actually having fun. i passed by people who were having party outside their buildings, with drinks, food, games.. trying to enjoy themselves in the dark. by the time i got home, i tried to use my neighbor's phone again and i got through to get in touch with lucas and i asked him to stop by cuz i'm really scared shit staying at home by myself. i was waiting for him and drifting in my on and off sleep when he finally came by and let me rest peacefully.
the light didn't come out until around 8.30 in the morning. and the only thing keeps asking on my head during that 18 hours of total darkness was what happen to doctors who were in critical surgery when the power was out? what happen to those people who are in electric-supported life support? what happen to all the foods and milk that's gonna go rotten inside the freezer?? what happen... what happen... i thought that if this was done by the terrorist,.. whoa, this was a smart prank.. because two years ago during the 9/11 attack, we may not have phones, but we can still go online and chat and looked up on the internet about what's going on. people were still able to go home by train after a few hours. but right now.. we don't have anything to find out what's going on.. and last time i heard, it would take them hours, even days to finally let the subways running again..
until now i never realized how our life has been pampered and we just take everything for granted. modernization has always a tight relationship with electricity. and when it's not there anymore for us to use, it is really devastating that we got to the point to not able to do our daily task without it. two weeks ago i was so upset when my cable modem and my cable tv was out. i was going bananas thinking there's nothing to do at home. and when the electricity is out.. we were literally and practically in total darkness. no tv, no internet, no phones, no news, no AC, no shit!!.. we didn't know what's going on cuz we were just totally disconnected with the outside world... and that is a scary thought.. a scary thought came true!! i'm just glad there was nothing critical happened.
when you are young, falling in love is such a wonderful feeling. heck, even when you're older, it gives you pleasure and enjoyment to feel those jitters and butterflies when you are in love. then you're together with that person. when the chemistry is there, you just can't help it how comfortable you are with that special someone, how you life beginning to revolves around them. but sometimes i wonder, how do people stay in love for so long??
some say that when you're in love, you just stay together.. time is relative. but staying together is more than just being in love. when you are in love you just have to work on to stay in love. i know that.. but sometimes i wonder how. our generation is different with the generation of our parents or our parents' parents. i can say that our generation is spoiled. not in the bad way though... but we are so pampered with the idea that everything around us will be there for granted. even if they are not, there's always something to replace it. in a way it's good that our generation are allowed to think freely but is that really good?
not many of our parents know what love means when they got married. looking at history, it's mostly the necessity in life to get married and have kids. sometimes their marriage is arranged so they can start life and have family to continue the family tradition. we, the so-called new generation, think that it's conservative, an old-tradition. we should be the one who choose who we want to be with... out of the so-called "LOVE".
i'm not cynical about the whole thing, but when i looked back, i wonder.. our grandparents' generation .. well, maybe even our parents' generation, they had to go through the "conservative" way to find love, but they were able to stay in love, stay in the relationship for so long. how do they do that? and on the other hand, youngsters today were able to get married based on love, they get to pick whoever they choose to get married to but they are so out of love and out of relationship as often as some of us change our shoes. is the institution of marriage no longer as sacred?? are we too lazy to work on our relationship that we fall out of love as fast as we decide to choose what pants to wear today??
honestly, i don't know the answer to that, but i do know that love is not enough to be in a relationship. love is not enough to get married to someone. maybe i'm sound cynical and i could be wrong.. but let's face the reality.. it takes so much more than just love to be in a marriage.. well, even to be in a relationship. when you are with someone for so long, you can't help it but to feel bored or annoyed from time to time. i think that feeling is normal, but that doesn't mean you can give the relationship as easily. communication, loyalty, understanding, trust, are all the ingredients in a relationship. the old generation was able to understand this without even starting at the point of being in love. they fall in love along the way, but the start by giving themselves fully to each other and honor the vows of marriage to be together. they stay together and work through their problems.
hey, i may just talking bullshit here.. i don't even know how they do stay in love and stay together for so long. it's a mystery to all of us. a precious mystery that i'm sure everyone want to figure out. i may just blabbing about stuff here, but i always wonder about this. i looked back to those older generation and they are happy with each other for such a long time, while the young generations are racing to be a widow. well, maybe not racing.. maybe that's too sarcastic.. but it does happen a lot. a friend of mine got married last year.. i didn't even go to her wedding, and i have never even met her husband, because i didn't get to see meet him the last time i went home. it was not even a year yet, and i just heard they already got divorced after several months of marriage. cases like this give marriage a bad name. no wonder people tend to choose to live together than being 'stuck' in a marriage. well, being in a marriage should be a wonderful thing to both people.. it should be considered a forced action, especially if you are doing it deliberately, in the name of love. ironically, the older generation was 'forced' in an arranged marriage.. and they are happily *at least most of them* married.
so what kind of message does that give us?? i'm not pro 'arranged' marriage, i still do think you should be married because you both are in love. but hey, what do i know?? i'm still trying to work on my relationship to stay in love.. and it's a lot of work. :D
:: sLesTa
>> posted on 8/12/2003 11:03:00 PM | [
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:: Friday, August 8 ::
>> THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE
living in new york city is very stressful. it's even double when you work here too. if a city can have a middle name, "stress" should definitely belong to nyc. at least that's how i feel today.
for those who are regulars on my blog, you'd remember those days when i used to complain about this city's regulations. what's not to complain when the rules keep changing every freakin' day. despite the fact that i also love to live in this city, i gotta admit how stressful it is to live here. two months ago, the city (or metropolitan transportation authority, to be exact) raised the fare to the most dependable transportation in the city... the subway. raised almost 35% of its original fare, new yorkers are now have to pay $2.00 for every ride on the subway. the fact that the city is almost going "broke" may be the factor of this raise, but this sure give a more burden to us. with the current economy, job cuts and underpaid jobs, an extra $20 a month for transportation sure is a big deal.. especially when the quality of the service still sucks!!!
even before the raise, new yorkers always experience the delay in service. maybe not all the time.. but it happened. maybe not to extreme, but it happened. now how would you feel that after the raise, it's gone even worse?? upset? angry? i think so...
so this morning.. for the third time this week, the train was delayed again. it actually took me two.. yes, i said, TWO freakin' hours to get to the office when it usually takes me 30-45 minutes. i didn't get to the office until 10 o'clock and this was the third time this week. it's even worse that i was inside the car that doesn't have an air conditioning. and it was packed. and on top of that.. we got stuck in the middle of the track, nowhere to go.. for several times. one time was for a good 20 minutes. and i was standing up the whole time!! aduuuh sumpah.. itu yang namanya tadi mau marah, jadi kesel, gue udah pengen teriak² deh pokoknya. and because we were stuck in the truck, the doors were closed, i couldn't call in to the office. since there are only 2 other people coming from the same train track as i am, i know that i'm gonna be in trouble if in fact one of them came in on time.
and it was just as i thought. as i walked in to the office, my boss happened to be in the lobby. he looked at me, pointed to his watch and asked..
my boss: do you know what time it is? me: sorry, i got stuck inside the subway for two hours. *with an upset face*
my boss: how come you're the only one who always come in late? noone else got stuck on a train.
ha! i knew he's gonna say that! f*^$#@%&*... that mofo just don't know how to appreciate the employees. i was upset already for being stuck inside the train.. and i got all of these accusations. i was so pissed, i couldn't even say anything... i just left him standing there. i looked for my co-workers and turned out one of my co-workers came in early and missed the train problem in the morning, while the other co-worker was not even arrived yet. i knew she was also experiencing the same thing. how dare my boss told me that i'm always late and i'm the only one who's late?? how dare him!! i just don't deserve it!! i couldn't resist myself but my tears start coming down. i know it's been the third time this week, but how the f*ck should i know that the switch panel on the E track is going to burst, causing delay on all trains coming from roosevelt ave?? i'm not a fuckin' psychic...
i'm all stressed-out before i even started my work ... stress.. stress.. stress.. but hey, new york city has always something to give. after the stressfull day, sitting in a cafe down in the village listening to a nice, smooth live jazz music with a nice cup of coffee and great company.. is just a perfect way to unwind. and that's what i did. i guess, with this city.. love and hate goes side by side. tomorrow is another day to start over.
:: sLesTa
>> posted on 8/08/2003 05:10:00 AM | [
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:: Wednesday, August 6 ::
>> THE RETURN OF SLESTA.COM
akhirnyaaa... slesta.com balik lagiiihh..
aduh, maaf banget kalo akhir² ini slesta.com bener² sering kena masalah. dari yang pindahan, trus site nya yang kadang² nyala kadang² enggak, sampe akhirnya seminggu lebih sehari... mati total.
honestly, i don't want to spend so much time talking about what happened, but in this case, i might have to. heck, i really need to. you see, when i first purchase the domain back in april, i found this great webhosting *at least i thought i did..* that offers so many features for such a low price. well, i thought it was great.. so i signed up and at first everything was fine. occassionally i would have a problem but it was always minor that i didn't really bother to make a big deal out of it. and then about a couple of months ago, slesta.com started experiencing a numerous amount of downtime. and that really blows.. cuz my webhosting webhostxl.com guaranteed a 99.5% uptime but my site was down almost every other day, ranging from 8 hours to 1-3 hours a day. so of course i can't tolerate this and i tried to call, always went directly to voice mail, even calls to sales department. i tried emailing, it was left unnoticed. not to mention the support tickets.. it would stay there for weeks, and noone bother to check. so at one point, i looked around and see if i can find anything to get in touch with someone in this company.. and i found so many bad reviews about them. and even when i finally received an answer to my questions, it would only be a one-liner and just doesn't make any sense to me at all.
so i sent them an email, asking.. if i decide to cancel my account, would i get a refund. and yeah.. i did use some rude words, but only up to the point that it's necessary to get their attention to answer all my support tickets and email. and i sent these about a month ago. i don't even exactly remembered what i wrote.. and after a month passed, i already made up my mind to just stay with this hosting, take all the crap i'm getting.. cuz i already paid for the whole year.
and then last week.. i got an email, a reply to my long-lost-i-don't-know-when-i-sent-it email. and it says:
"Sorry for the delayed response.
Your account has been cancelled and your payment has been refunded. It will take approximately 3 business days to appear in your account.
Michael"
hueaahhh??? dengan seenak jidatnya account gue di cancel, sementara mereka gak ngasih waktu buat gue backup and get all the files i have on my account. untungnya, i did my back up 4 days before that. i'm so pissed i sent all the freakin' emails to them.. and guess what?? all the emails were returned. until now, if you go to the website and go to support center and click on "open a new ticket", you'll see that there is a problem with their database. all emails were returned. in fact, a week before that, all my emails didn't work at all for the whole 4 days!!!... setelah gue rada² calm down, gue pikir.. yaa emang ada baeknya juga.. it's time to look for a better webhosting. and i looked around.. for 3 days!! gue liat review dari orang² and i make sure that i can talk to someone inside the company so if i have any problem, i can contact them directly. tapi oh tetapi.. at the same day gue dapet email di atas.. cable tv di rumah rusak, internet juga rusak.. hence, it took me that long to look for another hosting.
so i decide to make a pick and go with midphase and so far i've had such a great experience with them. it only takes them less than an hour to have the site up, less than half an hour to answer all the support tickets i send them... and theeenn.. there's another problem!!! when i registered my domain, i registered it at the same place when i open the account with webhostxl.com. and guess what? i don't have the login information to my domain and i cannot get in touch with anybody at webhostxl.com to get the login information. so i have to do a run-around and ask the domain registrar to do it for me. and since i'm the third party, they can't do it right away until they can hear something from their member .. which is webhostxl.com. and i have to wait another 5 days for that!! uuuhhh... and that's why.. for 8 days, slesta.com was down!!!
untung sekarang udah beres.. gak lagi deh gue urusan beginih.. moral of the story: "look at reviews before purchasing anything, especially purchasing anything online. you can't be too careful..."
