Blog Begins At Forty

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

April 16, 2025

Ada ni haaa... Baru lepas cabut gigi geraham...

"Sakit tak?" Tanya doktor sebaik saja selesai.

"Sakit? Semut gigit lagi sakit!" Jawab uncle dalam nada maskulin.

Jujurnya...

Nasib baik doktor tu muda dan manis...

Ikutkan hati uncle nak meraung macam budak tadika!

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

April 15, 2025

Peribahasa asli:

"Gajah sama gajah bergaduh, pelanduk mati di tengah-tengah."

Peribahasa moden:

"Gajah gebu dengan gajah gebu bergaduh, uncle *_______ di tengah-tengah."

(*Isi tempat kosong dengan perkataan sesuai.)

Monday, April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025

Nampak papan tanda ni tadi.

Apa yang nak disampaikan?

Kereta di hadapan tu sedang berhati-hati?

Bukankah lebih baik kalau ditulis;

"AWAS! KERETA DI HADAPAN."

Ringkas...

Sunday, April 13, 2025

April 13, 2025

BULAN LEPAS:

Berpusu-pusu ke pasaraya untuk beli persiapan hari raya.

BULAN INI:

Berpusu-pusu ke pasaraya untuk persiapan rumah terbuka.

Hmmm... Sebulan lagilah nak menghadap kesesakan jalan raya, ni!

Saturday, April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025

SOALAN: Apakah kegunaan lubang angin

selain untuk laluan angin di tandas?

JAWAPAN: Tempat selit ubat gigi,

berus gigi, pencukur dan segala macam!

Hari ni uncle beraya jauh sikit...

Luar kota.

Friday, April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

"Amboi amboi amboi..!!"

"Masuk rumah orang tak bagi salam?!"

Herdik uncle pada pokok bunga kertas itu...

Thursday, April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025

Kedai basuh kereta ni mengkategorikan

kenderaan mengikut saiz S, M, L dan XL.

Ini nak basuh kereta atau nak jual baju?

Kereta uncle saiz apa?

Hmmmm... 'free size!'

Baahaha..!

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 9, 2025

Awan dah sarat sangat tu!

Uncle dah tak boleh berlengah-lengah lagi dah ni.

Kena gerak segera!

Orang lelaki ni memang macam ni.

Isteri suruh bawa payung, ~ malu!

Bila dah jadi macam ni baru nak kelam-kabut!

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025

Pepatah Inggeris berbunyi;

"Good things come in small packages."

Tapi uncle terima bungkusan besar tapi isinya kecil...

Hmmm... ini mesti kes kehabisan plastik bungkusan kecil...

#YangPentingSampai

Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025

Manisan kegemaran ramai yang masih bertahan dari generasi

ke generasi tanpa mengira umur dan warna ~~rambut~~ kulit.

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.