Blog Begins At Forty

Thursday, March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026

Ulang Tahun Blog yang ke 17 Tahun!

26 Mac 2009 ~ 26 Mac 2026

"Beransur tua di hadapan kamera."

Dari rambut hitam hingga ke rambut putih...

Tanda-tanda penuaan tanpa segan silu muncul di wajah.

Namun swafoto jalan terus.

Tanpa sokongan keluarga dan kawan-kawan,

mungkin projek ini tak sampai ke saat ini.

Jutaan terima kasih semua.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

GUEST #116

Hari ini adalah ulang tahun hari lahir uncle yang ke 57 tahun.

Apa yang istimewa?

Tuuu... Kebetulan ada janji berjumpa dengan blogger Anies!

Apa yang lebih istimewa?

Beliau bawakan dodol buatan sendiri dari resipi turun-temurun keluarga!

Lagi?

Tuuuu.... Magnet dari Mekah, Cambodia dan

satu paket sambal mayong masin!

Apa lagi...?

Hah... Silalah cemburu!

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

Amboi...

Dia punya prop lemang pun...

Buluh tu lagi besar dari peha manusia!

Dah boleh buat tiang rumah!

Kalau jadi lemang tu, satu kampung boleh makan!

Baahaha...!

Monday, March 23, 2026

March 23, 2026

Hari raya kedua.

Dah mula rindu teh tarik mamak...

Sunday, March 22, 2026

March 22, 2026

Hari raya kedua.

Lewat petang. Tetamu semua dah balik...

Huih! Banyaknya pinggan mangkuk yang nak dicuci...!

Belum masuk yang di dapur!

Bak kata P. Ramlee... "Malam ini kita kerja overtime!"

Saturday, March 21, 2026

March 21, 2026

Salam Aidilfitri

Salam Aidilfitri buat pembaca bunyi dan pembaca sunyi blog ini.

Maaf zahir dan batin.

Kosong-kosong, ya!

Friday, March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026

Uncle sedar ramai orang tak suka sayur tauge.

Uncle pernah tengok ada orang gigih asingkan satu persatu

tauge dari mi goreng kerana terlalu tak suka tauge!

Tapi uncle nak nyatakan di sini...

Uncle adalah pasukan tauge.

Siapa sama dengan pasukan uncle?

Angkat tangan sikit...

Thursday, March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

Hai...

Kawan-kawan ada yang dah sampai di kampung?

Hati-hati di jalan raya, ya...

Ehem... dah ke pasar beli barang basah, belum?

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

March 18, 2026

"Buat-buat tak tunggu... tapi sebenarnya tunggu."

Tunggu apa?

Tuuuu... hamper dari jiran sebelah!

Walaupun mereka menyambut Krismas, tapi

ingatan mereka pada Hari Raya tetap tak dilupa

dengan kiriman hamper setiap tahun!

Syukur ada jiran yang baik...

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

March 17, 2026

Satu persatu daun jatuh menimpa,

Dahulu warnanya garang kini pudar dan lesu,

Lemas di lautan kering beransur sirna,

Menanti tangan yang sudi menyapu.

(Maaf... hari ni jiwa puitis sikit...)

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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