murty said on May 1st, 2008
murty can has interview? p3
update:
just received this e-mail!
daniel,
we’ve rescheduled you in melbourne for 1:30pm on may13th. see you then.
visa section
us consulate general melbourne, australia
thank you lord!!
murty said on May 1st, 2008
murty can has interview? p2
hey guys,
quick update! after communicating with the us embassy in sydney, it turns out i can’t go to sydney to have my interview. but what i can do is book the soonest interview time available in melbourne, then asked for it to be “expedited” (which means: ‘to speed up the progress of’).
but before that can happen, i need to be transferred to the melbourne us embassy, as i locked in sydney as my priority.
oh lord please make this work!!
cheers guys
murty said on April 29th, 2008
murty can has interview?
well the paperwork came from america, and i annoyed the hell out of danny (my housemate) by ringing and messaging him every 2 seconds to see if the stuff had arrived. (it was being delivered home, so i needed to duck home to get the parcel.) after finally getting it all filled out online, i found that there were only 2 spots available to have an interview before i have to leave. one in melbourne on the 6th of may, and one in sydney on the 13th of may.
after much stressing and organising with hayley, she has taken the melbourne interview and i have taken the sydney interview. this suits reasonably well, because i have cousins in sydney who i can stay with, but it costs more to get there. oh well. it is also closer to the date i have to leave then i wanted… so i may have to leave later than i wanted. oh well it is all in god’s hands, and i’m happy for it to be there.
thanks for your prayers and i will keep you updated with everything.
murty! 
murty said on April 29th, 2008
murty can has crazy?
hi kids!
welcome to another blog proudly brought to you by the same people who made the colour orange. for those of you who don’t know, my life has been like… er… crazy! so much has been happening, so much to keep track of, so much to concentrate on, so much to give to god.
to get you all up-to-date on my craziness, i present to you a list of my craziness, in no particular order:
ypout camp organisation//ypout camp//work//more work//trip to america//fixing peoples computers//organising internet for people//buying hardware for people//more work//hanging with friends//keeping up with technology//more work… i could probably go on. it may not seem much, but for those of you who don’t know this about me, i am not an organised person. i find it hard to manage how i spend my time, so chucking all these organisational roles and responsibilities at me has been tough.
but in amongst all this, i really have to thank my beautiful adele for her support. she probably doesn’t know it, but it is so awesome to have someone to go back to and just talk to openly about what is going on. she is also very good to reflect with and learn where changes have been made. i thank you so much adele when you read this!
i also have the continuous support of my close friends and housemates, who always make it easy for me to tune out from the business of my life and just concern myself on the flavour of cordial i want to drink.
but most of all i have my lord who is always right beside me, in my ups and downs, in my craziness and docileness. it gives me so much comfort to know i can just talk to him and know he will listen.
which brings me to my next point.
at ypout this year, we had the privilege of having dan harbottle speak to us. one particular session he spoke about being silent. fact: for a sound engineer to record 1 hour of natural sound in the us somewhere, it takes 2,000 hours of recording. just shows how busy this world is and how easy it is to caught up in the rush of life. i was challenged to just stop. stop my routine. stop my life, and spend time with my god. it is something i still have not implemented, but it’s something i need to and want to do.
so much has happened since my last blog, but something that has excited me is the purchase of my new laptop. it goes by the name of ‘loltop’ and even after having it for only a few weeks, i don’t think i could go back to having a pc. i love the fact i can take it anywhere and have use for it. it is also extremely handy for work, because now i can take my office anywhere (not literally). it has been something i have wanted for quite a while now and i am extremely grateful that i have one now. you can check out the unboxing of it here.
my trip to america is only 3 weeks away, and i still do not have a visa or a plane ticket! this is certainly something that is on my mind quite a bit now, and i find it hard not to stress about it. hopefully tomorrow (today now) i will be able to book my interview to the us consulate in melbourne to get my visa, so i really need to pray that i can get an appointment asap. (by the time you read this, i will probably already have an appointment, i might make a small blog about it for all you dedicated blog readers.) i am still really excited about going, but the reality of it still hasn’t completely hit me, and i don’t think it will until i have got my visa. thankfully both my parents are really supportive of me doing this, which is really helpful as they are my superiors in my workplace. so they are more than happy me to organise different things for the trip and let them know what is happening. if you could keep hayley, teela and myself in your prayers as we prepare our trip to the us, that would be fantastic and hugely appreciated!
at this present moment, i am sitting in the partly decked out garage of hannah and adam’s new place. adam is currently revamping my blog for me and i am incredibly grateful, and i am sure you will be as well. (adam is a web designer, small plug: www.kopymark.com) (adam and hannah are also “together”, lol is all i have to say.)
well i have so much more i could write about, but i know i don’t like having to read stupidly huge blogs, so i will end it there for you.
thanks for reading once again and please watch the video i have added!
murty!
murty said on March 16th, 2008
murty can has high five?
ephesians 5:18 “do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. instead, be filled with the spirit.”
i woke up this morning and this was the first thing that came into my head. although i did not get drunk at my party, my intentions were more towards my flesh and not my spirit. this challenged me, and i am still thinking about it. how hard is it to not just please your earthly desires and push away your new spirit. hmm
anyways, moving on. the 7th of march 2008 i celebrated my 20th birthday with my family. the 8th of march 2008 i celebrated my 20th birthday with my girlfriend. the 15th of march 2008 i celebrated my 20th birthday with my friends. this was the first time i have ever had a party where i was surrounded by people that loved me for who i am! not who they want me to be or who the world dictates i should be, but people that loved me for me. and it was truly an awesome experience.
i was fortunate enough to receive a t-shirt on my birthday that states: ‘i high five strangers’. the first high five i received when i got the t-shirt was from the counter chick at kfc. it was truly a life changing experience. but i decided to state the kind of person i am, i though i would bear this t-shirt at my party. i like the fact that i can do these kinds of things and not be judged by the people around me. it really makes life much more fulfilling!
as my housemate wanders through the kitchen behind me, i giggle slightly… not too much, otherwise i will wake the sleeping ogre in the room next to me, but just a little bit. tim got pretty drunk at my party (as well as a few other people). it was pretty funny, and the day after he suffered the consequences. i in no way judge him for what he did, i know his intentions are completely innocent. but it makes me think about all the other people in the world that do this several times a week. how can anyone live like this? what drives a person to drink to the extend of chucking their guts up? what fulfillment is there in this? so many questions, and little answers. it really is a shame to see a beautiful world and people created by the same god, in this state. i hope and pray i can somehow be used in god’s plan to change this.
well i could go on for ages, but it is quite late and i have to work tomorrow. i will conclude by summarising my birthday experience.
it still has not fully sunk in that i am 20 years of age now. it really shows how quickly life moves. but have every intention of following godss plan for my life; and in that, i will find a fulfilling life. i have also taken it upon me to mature to some extent. i am not sure if it is working, but who knows, maybe this is how people mature… it is also interesting how as a person gets older, presents really become irrelevant in the celebrations. but that is not to say i don’t appreciate my gifts i received.
my main gift was a new digital camera! this is something i have been wanting to take with me on my trip to america. so expect many more photos! i have already uploaded a heap from my party to flickr. (i also had to purchase a flickr pro account, so use it!)
i leave you with a video of my sunday morning summary of my party.
love murty!
murty said on February 14th, 2008
murty can has romance?
a huge welcome to my massive fan base in korea, its great to have you with me once again.
this blog probably won’t be as long, but i am sure it will be just as deep and meaningful as the rest.
today i had the pleasure of spending the evening with my lovely girlfriend, adele. after several years of contemplating the idea of flying to the moon, i decided that a nice picnic overlooking the barossa valley would be more suitable. adele had no idea what we were doing and it pretty much burned her up inside 
so today i really had to step up a romantic notch from last year and started it off with sending flowers to her at school. i’m fairly sure she loved them and i held my hands high triumphantly. then after a tedious and busy day at the office, i picked her up and escorted her to my parents place. she had no idea where we were going until i headed to angaston. what else is there to do in angaston except go to my parents place? but she assumed we were going to have tea with my parents… with my parents! psch, what kind of valentines day is that!
so anyways i headed up past my place and over the hill to where it overlooks all of tanunda and half of nuriootpa. we set up camp and spent a while checking out the view and enjoying each others company. i cranked open the picnic i prepared and consumed that, i even let adele have a nibble on some cheese. to cut a long story short, we had a great time and had fun.
just before the sun fully set, we hiked like 20 metres away to get past a tree and enjoyed the fantastic sunset to finish off an amazing evening, and i took a few snaps with my mums camera.
my wonderful house mates were amazingly not supportive and told me i’m being sucked into this whole money raising occasion. but i really enjoy being able to make people happy and especially my girlfriend. so i am more than happy to do what i can to make her happy and spend time with her. i think if you are doing things with a reluctant heart, that is where things start to go wrong. i apologise to my house mates for not playing volleyball with them tonight, but its hard when events fall on the same day as other events. sometimes you have to make a decision and stick with it.
i would like to thank my parents for the use of their picnic gear and camera. i would like to thank isaac for his training for last years valentines day with alicia which prepared me this year. i would like to thank foodland for provisioning me with food. i would like to thank adeles parents for allowing me to take their daughter out for the evening. i would like to thank adele for putting up with me and being awesome. and most of all i would like to thank my god for blessing me with opportunities like this and for money to do these things and how good he is to me.
i love all you guys, i have added some more images from this evening you can check them out here.
love murty!
murty said on February 7th, 2008
murty can has lhrdl?
oh hai!
it has been nearly 2 months since my last blog, i just finished giving myself 50,000 lashes with a wet noodle because of my poor efforts.
pretty much these last few months have been crazy, i have been through the strides of christmas, although last year was different because i had to buy presents for all my immediate family. but i really find more joy in giving than receiving, so i guess i enjoyed christmas more last year.
i had the privilege of going on a road trip with some friends from adelaide during the christmas and new year break. it was fantastic; tried my hand at many new things, and met many new people. great way to burn in the new year. (i just invented that saying ‘burn in’) during that time, my good friend carly and i indulged in a practice commonly known as annoying and a great way to break the ice. i call this ‘lhrdling’
lhrdling is a form of entertainment, mainly for myself, where i open my mouth and waggle my tounge up and down and make continuous sounds that can only be written as ‘lhrdl lhrdl lhrdl’.
i take great joy in doing this, particularly on camera where i can watch myself and reminisce all the good times i used to have.
what else is going on in your life murty i hear you ask.
well i have now officially got a friend that is of the female species and we are actually legitimately together now (which is far from what annika and i were). her name is adele and has been one of my closest, if not my closest friend for over 2 years. she makes me smile when i see her and constantly brings me joy. she also loves me just the way i am, which is almost a rare thing in todays world. with valentines day looming i have had to be quick to prepare something incredibly romantic for adele, and weaving my magic, i think i have come up with an awesome plan. but im not telling at this stage.
work is ridiculously crazy these days, as i now have taken on most of the support work while my boss (more commonly know as ‘dad’) is busy working on setting up servers. we have several major upgrades to perform on our client before the end of the financial year and it can get stressful at times. but it keeps me busy and money coming in. but quite often our trips will last a week, so it really cuts deep into my spare time, time i could be spending with other people (or creating blogs!)
i am also on the ypout directing team if i have not already mentioned. ypout is the biggest lutheran youth camp in south australia (around 300 attendees). my role is public relations, and this pretty much involves organising promotional stuff. it is not a huge job, but i am doing new things and meeting new people and serving god’s kingdom (3 of my favourite things to do). but this does add to my list of tasks to do as well.
on top of all this, i am still planning to head to america in 3 and a half months. i am still yet to complete my application and passport, but hopefully i can get them completed by early next week. one major hurdle i faced was trying to cover my living situation while i was absent. i felt burdened by this and almost discouraged me from going to america. but god prevailed! i spent time in prayer and asking god to sort this out for me, and he did just that. our landlord has offered to halve my rent while i am in america and my parents have offered to pay my rent while im gone. how much of a blessing is that! i love how god works. now my biggest hurdle is saving enough money to get there, but with the amount of work i am doing and leaving it all in gods hands, i am not stressing the least about this.
my good friend adam has also offered to put money towards buying a laptop to take over as well. this enables me to continually keep in contact with people and would be a huge blessing as well if it can go ahead. (no pressure adam)
well my life is so crazy and busy, but i still see god working amongst it all and it amazes me how he does it. i am honoured to be united with christ and i really hope and pray that my busy lifestyle can start to be channelled in the right directions and into the kingdom.
i love everyone who reads this (i think there are 3 of you) and i look forward to our next encounter
murty!
mr bean - invisible drumkit
murty said on December 10th, 2007
murty can has maxibon?
welcome to another blog viewing. today i will be addressing some more random crap that goes on in my life, i hope you enjoy it!
over the last week, i have had many late nights. so two things happen when i have late nights. i go to bed later and still have to wake up at the same time (less sleep). and maxibon runs.
maxibon runs are much similar to a ‘maccas run’, except rather then going to mcdonalds, i go to bp (australian petrol station). and rather then getting a big mac and fries, i get a maxibon! if you are confused about the term maxibon, please allow me to explain.
a maxibon in a nutshell is an icecream, much similar to ‘magnums’ or ‘gold gaytimes’ or ‘bubble o bills’; except there is a twist! this is what wikipedia says about them:
quote:
maxibon is a type of ice cream sandwich made by nestlé. basically it consists of a block of ice cream with small lumps of chocolate held deep within a choc-coated and a biscuit end. rather than a stick or a wafer, the person holds the maxibon by two slabs of edible cookie dough. a standard maxibon weighs 100 g and has a volume of about 150 ml. blocks are shipped into thin plastic bags that may be easily ripped off with both hands.
so esentially, you get all the goodness of a standard icecream, except with “edible cookie dough” and without the hassle of a pop-stick! what more could you want from an icecream! anyways, so i have had several maxibons over the last week and they have so been worth it. plus the drive to bp and back is always fun.
this last weekend just gone was a moderately full-on weekend. for me, my weekends start at 5:31pm on friday afternoon. so friday afternoon i had the absolute pleasure of escorting my lovely partner around tanunda for the street parade. unfortunately there was no pleasure in the actual parade so i had to take up “checking out” my beautiful girlfriend. then we prepared a barbecue and enjoyed other company at her place.
saturday consisted of attending happylan. happylan is a communal gathering of nerds and versing each other at computer games. through out the day i made several trips to my other halves abode and enjoyed her company. i also attended my good friend, tom schroeter’s, 21st birthday party. that was a delight. went back to happylan and went to bed at a ridiculous hour.
played the drums at church and listened to a great talk by steve wilschke. attended the happylan admins barbecue breakup and spent the rest of the day at home.
(then finished the day off with a maxibon run at 11 o’clock sunday night.)
i hope you have wasted some valuable time of your life, time you will never get back.
love murty!
charlie the unicorn
murty said on December 7th, 2007
murty can has friend?
welcome back to murtys blog. i hope you have enjoyed your previous visits and i look forward to many more.
well pretty much i have a friend. she is a girl and has not been occupied with any other males until now! but she has now been taken by yours truly. she is a beautiful specimen and i am glad to be acquainted with her. unfortunately she is from america (wait, there is more) and is returning home in february of 2008. but the time we spend over here is amazing and i shall treasure every moment. and of course i have the joy of going back over to america for summer camp and to see my love again.
i have been pretty busy this last week and unfortunately for my thousands of dedicated fans, i have not been able to update my blog. so i hope this has/will keep number flowing.
i had a magnificent time at moonta last weekend, and i actually came back with a new hobby. snorkelling! surprised? didn’t think so.
i have never in my 19 years of living been snorkelling before, so to do it for the first time was an awesome experience for me. it seems like a whole other world down below the surface of the sea and i hope i can do it again many times in the future. i also had some great conversations and enjoyed listening to every laughing at all of my jokes.
well work is drawing to a close for another day, and i am just about to head out for some drinks with the company (my boss. who is my father incidentally.) then go watch the crappy tanunda parade. good times
here is a shout out to all my fans in greenland. your amazing.
“thats my home” - mime
murty said on November 30th, 2007
murty can has work?
you might be wandering or wondering even, what does “murty can has…” mean. well if you are thinking this… shame! for the language impaired people here, this is loltalk!
anyways, i though i might talk about work. work is a thing invented by man to make them better than other men. you may be thinking… hmm what makes you say this murty?
well think about it. why do we work? to earn money. why do we earn money? to live and survive. well why do people want more money than they need to live and survive? to be better than others. point made!
not really actually, but it was a great introduction!
i have been working with “reliable systems” (was “mir solutions”) for just over a year now. and this year has cruised! but i think it has only been in the last month or 2 that i have really started having to work. and surprisingly enough, i actually am really enjoying it. i think often after i had finished a day at work, i felt a bit guilty because i hadn’t really done a whole lot and didn’t have that satisfaction of “a hard days work”. but after things are starting to shift in this company, a lot of work is coming my way now, and i guess it puts a bit more responsibility on me. lucky for me, i moderately thrive on responsibility.
anyways, this company is really starting to get on its feet now and move forward, so i’m excited to be apart of that and it will be great to see where it goes.
this weekend i am heading over to moonta bay with a bunch of friends. so that will be a nice relaxing time hopefully. spend some quality time with friends. go swimming, fishing, long walks on the beach, play 500! (i love 500). should be good times.
so i leave you with the 48th week of 2007 gone by and 4 more to go.
love murty!
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