Is Taufik First Album Out?

Is Taufik's CD out?

A quick check around some of the fans' blogs revealed that - yes, his CD is on sale, somehow. The launch date was reportedly delayed because the producer "was not confident his albums will sell well" (which I thought is ardent rubbish), so they opted for a pre-launch instead during Dick Lee's concert.

One of my most trusted source poster this:

"...Hi there, I trying to help my cousin Farhana to sell Taufik Batisah CD. They were given 1000 CDs to sell. What I've been told by her, the company responsible to launch Taufik Batisah CDs doesn't have confident that Taufik CDs is sellable. So that's why the date for the launching has been changed and no fixed date has been given yet. So they have to get 1000 people to buy his CDs before his album will be officially launched. The Album cost = $20 [which include Taufik Autograph, A Lucky Draw to a Thank You Party, and a form to sign.]..."

Of course, I am devastated knowing that his album is on sales BUT I didn't even have the slightest idea. How sad! Does anyone have any news? :(

Anyway... back to more updates of Taufik *sniff*

As mentioned, yup, it's true that Taufik (and Sly) will be guest performing (or appearing, I am not sure) at Dick Lee's concert tonight and tomorrow night. You can find out more about the concert here, and there was a brief mention on taufik.

Remember only a day or two ago I posted that Cleo highlighted Taufik on their December issue? There was this brief snippets that I totally forgotten about! Hehe, silly me, but here it goes. I rephrase it as best I can:

"... There was this couple sitting near the front of the bus watching TV Mobile, and Taufik himself was sitting alone at the end of the bus.

Girl: Hey that's Taufik!
Guy: Oh? Doesn't matter. He sucks anyway.

Before getting off at his stop, Taufik paused at exit where couple is: "Thanks for what you said, I'll work on it..."

How touching. Nostalgic are the days for Taufik to travel unnoticed on public transport (without his 4 or more bodyguards).

And here's some good news - some of the videos from the finals are out! I will put up the links at the side bar soon, but here I put for your enjoyment :)

Idol Finalists Medley 1



Idol Finalists Medley 2


I Dream - Taufik Batisah, the Singapore Idol!

And here are more pics from the showdown. Click on the images to view the online album :)

I was trying to clear up some clutter in my raz79.com web server (it was a mess!), and I found, to my surprise, scans from 8-Days on the day of Final Showdown (Dec 1st). Thought I might as well share it here. I can't remember where I get it from (or even if some kind soul uploaded it), but here's a shout out to whoever the samaritan is - "Thanks!"

All right people, gotta go. Do link back to me yeah! :)