Blog Begins At Forty

Monday, August 10, 2026

August 10, 2026

Lapar pula petang ni...

Sambil selongkar dapur cari kudapan walaupun sudah tahu dah habis.

Tiba-tiba...

"Tengok apa saya beli ni..." Tanya aunty sebaik pulang dari pejabat...

Wah Bahulu!

Macam tahu-tahu suaminya sedang kebulur!

Yeay untuk aunty!

Sunday, August 9, 2026

August 9, 2026

Uncle dahulu...

...terpaksa ke sungai atau ke lombong kalau nak memancing ikan.

Anak-anak sekarang...

...tak perlu ke sungai atau ke lombong.

Singgah kompleks membeli belah.

Keluar telefon, imbas kod QR, Hah... nak tangkap ikan jerung pun ada!

Baahaha...!

Saturday, August 8, 2026

August 8, 2026

Cadangan uncle pada aunty:

Hari Sabtu adalah hari kita bersantai-santai...

Cadangan aunty kepada uncle:

Hari Sabtu adalah hari kita berkemas-kemas.

Macam biasa, cadangan uncle ditolak...

Huh! Banyaknya sampah untuk dibuang!

Sakit pinggang oi! Hu hu hu....

Friday, August 7, 2026

August 7, 2026

Laaaa...

Kenapa tak dibenarkan bersandar...?

Niat uncle "Inginku sandarkan harapan."

Hmmm...

Kalau begini, terpaksalah uncle "Sandarkan Pada Kenangan." ...

(Eceh...)

Thursday, August 6, 2026

August 6, 2026

Apalah yang kau tulis tu?

Carwas? Carway?

Car wash jauh sekali..!

Aaahh! Lantaklah!

Nah! Janji kereta uncle bersih..!

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

August 5, 2026

Tengok si Milo tu...!

Punyalah luas tempat tidur tu...

Di hujung tebing juga dia pilih tempat nak berdengkur?!

Memang uncle tunggu dia pusing dan jatuh ke bawah!

Baahaha! (gelak jin)

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

August 4, 2026

Sedang makan di kedai.

Tiba-tiba rasa ada benda halus jatuh di bawah mata.

Tercari-cari... rupanya bulu mata gugur dan terjatuh di atas pinggan.

Orang tua-tua kata kalau bulu mata gugur, tandanya ada orang rindukan kita.

"Siapa rindukan saya ni?" Tanya uncle pada aunty...

"Mamak di belakang tu kot?" Jawab aunty pendek tanda dia malas layan...

Lalu uncle pun sambung makan dengan air mata bertakungan di mata....

Hu hu hu....

Monday, August 3, 2026

August 3, 2026

Hoi!

Sudahlah tak pakai baju, berjalan-jalan di tempat publik!

Bila orang jeling... pandai pula dia bersembunyi di belakang uncle!

Hah! Tu entah pakai seluar dalam entah atau tidak tu?!

Sunday, August 2, 2026

August 2, 2026

Dibuai deruan angin,

Ditemani keasyikan irama suara sungai,

Cuaca nan indah,

Ditambah sayup suara cengkerik.

Signal 5G yang kuat. (👈 Okey... ini spesifikasi mandatori untuk uncle sahaja.)

Rasa tak nak balik, bukan?

Saturday, August 1, 2026

August 1, 2026

Ada ni haaa...

Keluarga kecil kami sedang berkumpul meraikan

hari keluarga 'KRONI BOB' di Janda Baik.

Maaf uncle tak sempat nak balas kunjung blog.

Nanti uncle lunaskan bila balik ya?

BLOG BEGINS AT FORTY - FAQ

When and where? Born in Malaysia, in 1969.

Why? I graduated in Commercial Art in 1990, and have been working in the design world ever since. Would that explain why I am so visually-oriented?

Who? I’m not particularly important. But the people whom I love are… Married to Leena Mohd Taib in 1994. Proud father of Azri, Aini and Anis.

Will you update your blog every day? I will make an effort to capture my self each and every day, but uploading might be a little off-schedule.

What about equipment? Most of the time, it will be the trusty ‘ole iSight on my Macbook Black. If not, I’ll use my iPhone or any camera…

Do you wear black every day? Ha ha! No, but wearing black is liberating, and as such, I have many many many black colored things in the wardrobe..!

Until when will you blog? I dunno, really…

What time will you update your blog and where? There’s no specific set time, but usually I’ll update in the morning at my office, if not it’ll be at home before I sleep.

Why would you do such a thing? I wanna beat Van Gogh! He did over 30 self-portraits between the years 1886 and 1889! No, seriously... just want to see, document and share these observations… One day, you’ll look in the mirror and not recognize yourself. That is not something I look forward to…

Is this your original idea? Yes! It was my original idea for about 3 weeks until I found out Noah Kalina has been doing this from the year 2000 till now! (Awesome). Surprisingly after that I found out another guy, Jonathan Keller has a same project which he start from the year 1998 till now! (Super Awesome!) And I really-really adore Dan Hanna who started his project on 1991..! Never forget Hugo Cornellier who starts his selfie project since he was 12 years old! WOW! ~What can I say... "Great Minds Think Alike..." Ha ha!

SELF-PORTRAIT - ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA

A SELF-PORTRAIT IS A REPRESENTATION OF AN ARTIST, DRAWN, PAINTED, OR SCULPTED BY THE ARTIST. ALTHOUGH SELF-PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN MADE BY ARTISTS SINCE THE EARLIEST TIMES, IT IS NOT UNTIL THEEARLY RENAISSANCE IN THE MID 1400S THAT ARTISTS CAN BE FREQUENTLY IDENTIFIED DEPICTING THEMSELVES AS EITHER THE MAIN SUBJECT, OR AS IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THEIR WORK. WITH BETTER AND CHEAPER MIRRORS, AND THE ADVENT OF THE PANEL PORTRAIT, MANY PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND PRINTMAKERS TRIED SOME FORM OF SELF-PORTRAITURE. THE PORTRAIT OF A MAN BY JAN VAN EYCK OF 1433 IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN PANEL SELF-PORTRAIT. HE PAINTED A SEPARATE PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE, AND HE BELONGED TO THE SOCIAL GROUP THAT HAD BEGUN TO COMMISSION PORTRAITS, ALREADY MORE COMMON AMONG WEALTHY NETHERLANDERS THAN SOUTH OF THE ALPS. THE GENRE IS VENERABLE, BUT NOT UNTIL THE RENAISSANCE, WITH INCREASED WEALTH AND INTEREST IN THE INDIVIDUAL AS A SUBJECT, DID IT BECOME TRULY POPULAR.

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