14-05-2025
Uncle Gedek's 16-year selfie streak sets a record
Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO and C. ARUNO
MARZUKI Mahboob, 56, better known as Uncle Gedek, has made it into the Malaysia Book of Records for his feat of taking a selfie every day for the past 16 years, Kosmo! reported.
Marzuki said he initially intended to create a blog titled 'Blog Begins At Forty', but he found writing challenging and opted instead to share daily selfies.
'From the start, I've shared a selfie from wherever I was, capturing different backgrounds,' he told K-Tekno.
'I'd strike a similar pose with the same facial expression, adding a short, humorous caption.'
Besides using a smartphone, Marzuki said he would also use a DSLR camera or laptop to snap photos of himself.
He also uploads time-lapse videos of his selfies to YouTube.
These videos document the gradual transformation of his appearance, from black hair and beard to white.
Among those who had taken selfies with him are Nurul Izzah Anwar, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Ramli Sarip, and Altimet.
> It was reported by Sinar Harian that 34-year-old housewife Nur Ainatun Adillah Mohd Fauzi from Kuantan surprised herself by being able to gather 40kg of 'kepah' or clams in four hours.
The mother of two had initially accompanied her husband and a friend to the fishermen's jetty in Pantai Balok, intending only to observe their clam gathering.
However, she decided to join in and successfully collected a large quantity of clams between 8am and 11.45am on Monday.
Nur Ainatun said the area is known for this annual clam phenomenon, which has recently gone viral on TikTok and Facebook.
This surge in online attention has led to a rush of people to the area to collect clams.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
