Think you know Taufik well enough? Think again! Indulge yourself with this list of exclusive facts & trivia about Taufik! You think you know him, but you have no idea, really.
1) He hates taugeh.
2) He has had only 1 girlfriend.
3) He started singing when he was 5.
4) His father and brother live in JB.
5) He was a pizza delivery boy, a clown and a curry puff mascot once.
6) He can eat chicken everyday!
7) He wears the clothes he has just bought immediately.
8) When he was little, he wanted to be like Michael Jackson.
9) He likes Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
10) He wants to have 2 children. 1 boy and 1 girl.
11) He is afraid of ghosts!
12) He thinks that Lee Kwan Yew is the Singapore Icon.
13) He won't confess to farting. He'd blame the guy next to him.
14) He loves camou briefs.
15) His favourite idol from the Idol competitions is Clay Aiken.
16) His most precious belonging is his personal guitar.
17) The most expensive thing he has ever bought is his bike.
18) The most important day to him is his mother's birthday.
19) His mother is his biggest idol.
20) He once wanted to be a pilot.
21) Taufik's first Thank You/Signing party was held on 22 January 2004.
22) One thing that would piss him off is bad service.
23) His favourite songs on his first album are One Last, I Dream and Ibu.
24) He's a fan of wrist cuffs.
25) He was in the soccer team (and played reserve all the way) and Media Club in school.
26) He liked art and maths (when he could figure out the sums, that is).
27) He loves hazelnut chocolate like Ferrero Rocher.
28) The Wizard of Oz is his all-time favourite classic movie.
29) The personal trait he appreciates most is honesty.
30) He collects trucker caps.
31) He has his own set of stamps.
32) He doesn't mind curry, but dislikes fish heads.
33) He eats vegetables only because it's the healthy thing to do and not because he enjoys it.
34) He likes food with garlic in it.
36) When he orders mee goreng, he often requests for his order to be cooked without onions, bean sprouts and vegetables, but with egg and meat.
37) He hates sushi.
38) Hates durian fruit, but enjoys everything else that contains durians.
39) He loves garlic.
40) Taufik has ever flown to Miami, America to watch an Usher concert after winning a singing competition "Usher".
41) He also has never participated in any singing competition before this other than Singapore Idol.
42) Taufik's second cousin is Hazrul Nizam, another famous singer in Singapore and Malaysia.
43) He has never missed a National Day Parade.
44) He LOVES the flip boards during the parades.
45) He doesn't like to wear boxers for photoshoots.
46) His commonly used phrase is "Are you sure or not?"
47) He doesn't leave home without his handphone.
48) He would love to backpack all over Europe.
49) Another passion of his is playing the piano.
50) He wishes he had never dyed his hair for Disco Night.
51) He has special boxes where he keeps gifts and letters from fans, and keeps the soft toys in his niece's room for her to play with.
52) If he were to be stranded on a deserted island, he would bring a companion, food and swimming trunks.
53) When he goes for a recording session, he would remove every item from his body (chain, watch, wallet, etc) but not his clothes, of course.
54) He keeps the trophies he wins in his mum's room.
55) His room is currently painted red.
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