Soo, edited the settings file... and added the nodes/peers from http://qora.co.in/?nodes and now its syncing blazzing fast. so heres the file just copy paste!

{
   "knownpeers":[
      "188.166.53.239"
      "198.199.103.12"
      "193.242.148.251"
      "188.166.16.64"
      "65.191.164.32"
      "203.87.156.149"
      "106.187.42.214"
      "106.186.122.39"
      "104.172.66.205"
      "61.186.94.151"

   ],

   "knownpeers":[
      "188.166.53.239",
      "198.199.103.12",
      "193.242.148.251",
      "188.166.16.64",
      "65.191.164.32",
      "203.87.156.149",
      "106.187.42.214",
      "106.186.122.39",
      "104.172.66.205",
      "61.186.94.151"
   ],