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Have you notice the buildings of Singapore?  Below pictures taken as Mrupupup walked along the streets of Singapore.                  

Thanks to DBS Bank. Mrupupup got a great collection of Lunar New Year Red Packets. Loved the Red Packet (Hong Bao) designs and the lovely chocolates! Thanks DBS Bank Singapore. Have a wonderful and great Lunar New Year, my dear readers of  Mrupupup's Blog. Many Thanks!!

Mrupupup spend Saturday night at Chinatown Food Street Singapore. This food place is right at the heart of Chinatown Singapore. We had fun and enjoyed the food. Check out the great hawker food available (pictures below). The prices of the food are not too expensive and food items were very yummy.   Satay   Guo Hiang - Fried items   Enjoy the sound of firecrackers   Beef noodles and Bak Kut Teh (Pork)   Chinatown Food Street   Chinatown Food Street has the  extension of hours to 2am till 18 Feb 2015, take note late night supper dining is popular at this place. Chinatown Food Street will be closed on 19 Feb 2015 for Chinese New Year and will resume operations on 20 Feb 2015 with its original operating hours of 11am to 11pm.   Chinatown Food Street will be decked out in beautiful festive decorations for Chinese New Year. To add to the festivities, there will be activities including lighting of sparklers and games for the whole family. There

Yeah! Victoria Concert Hall Singapore has re-opened in July 2014. Mrupupup went for a visit of Victoria Concert Hall after its four years renovations. It was a special day because Mrupupup got to go up to the Concert Hall's many "decades old" Clock Tower. This was a very special treat to visit the inside of the clock tower and see the old clock chiming its way in Singapore's short history. Mrupupup went on a tour of the renovated Victoria Concert Hall and saw the beautiful old building came alive. Mrupupup loved the chimes of the clock tower. See Mrupupup's picture and hear the sound of the clock tower in the below video. Thank you organisers for bringing Mrupupup to see Singapore's Victoria Concert Hall and its clock tower!   1906 bell in Victoria Concert Hall Clock Tower     Very sophisticated clock mechanism     Refurbished old seats from the previous concert hall now becomes decorative pieces in the main foyer   Bea

Bukit Brown Cemetery is well documented in Singapore. The fight by civic societies to preserve this Bukit Brown Cemetery raised much interest in this place. Bukit Brown Cemetery holds up to 100,000 burial plots for the Chinese. The famous personalities buried there included Mr Ong Sam Leong (very rich man), Chew Joo Chiat, Gan Eng Seng and many more. Take note that Mr Ong Sam Leong's burial place is the largest and most elaborate in the Bukit Brown area. Bukit Brown Cemetery is located off the Sime Road and near to Singapore Island Country Club. As this cemetery is facing some changes to the site due the construction of a road through this place, Mrupupup went to see this Bukit Brown place. Well, Mrupupup thinks it is quite a big place and quiet with many interesting birds chirping. The most impressive thing of Bukit Brown were the tombs. Just to let Mrupupup's readers know that some tombs had Sikh Guards placed next to the tombs. One tomb even had two colourful Sikh Guards w

Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah 龍發豆沙饼  at 639 Balestier Road serves up one of the best Tau Sar Piah (Chinese biscuits) according to Mrupupup. As one would know, Balestier Road has so many stores selling Tau Sar Piah, Mrupupup figured it out today that the one at Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah served up the best Tau Sar Piah. Tau Sar Piah is a bean paste biscuit. Mrupupup tried the Tau Sar Piah and found it delicious, especially with a good cup of coffee! The older generation of Singapore loved eating Tau Sar Piah with coffee. Tau Sar Piah came in sweet or salty version and costs 60 cents each. The crust of the Tau Sar Piah was buttery and with the bean paste the biscuit was yummy! Haha, Mrupupup felt happy eating Tau Sar Piah. Take note that Loong Fatt is also a old style coffee shop that sells lunch and all sorts of biscuits & cakes. One can just hang out at this place and feel the old style 70s of Singapore.     Tau Sar Piah !!!    

Mrupupup was happy to get a chance to go onto the Singapore Navy's Ship RSS Endurance docked at Vivocity Promenade and set sail onto Singapore's sea in a Singapore Navy Fast Craft Utility Boat. Salute to Singapore's Navy and the Men & Women on board the RSS Endurance! Mrupupup learnt that the battleship was tight in various corners and the ladders were really steep! The Fast Craft could go really fast and furious. The sun, the sand and the sea - all in package. Haha, join the Navy - the advertisement would say. After visiting the Navy Ship, appreciate the work done by Singapore Navy to protect our homeland.   Check out the videos done by Mrupupup on board the Fast Craft Utility Boat   Returning back to mother ship in Fast Craft Utility Boat   Helicopter on RSS Endurance     Joyride on Fast Craft Utility Boat       Taking a break   Sleeping bunks on the ship   RSS Endurance - 8 Stories High   Climbing down

Ho Tit Coffee Powder Factory is an old coffee powder maker for all kinds of blends - Arabica and Robusta coffee beans. Ho Tit Coffee Powder Factory is located at 402 Upper Paya Lebar Road Singapore 534988. This place protects the craft of roasting traditional coffee. Mrupupup bought a pack of special blend "heart beat fast' blend as coined by the female boss of the place for about $7-8, price much cheaper than major supermarkets. A money saving tip for coffee powder. Go to Ho Tit Coffee Powder Manufacturer and you can view the traditional machines to roast coffee. Quite an interesting place and the owners will chit chat with you of your coffee preference. Enjoy the conversation and have a cuppa of coffee. Hope we can preserve one of the last traditional coffee roasters in Singapore.           Special Blend - Ho Tit Coffee Blend know as 'Heart Beat Fast'