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Mrupupup saw a Rocket in Singapore! The Rocket is at Upper Seletar Reservoir! Actually, this Rocket structure oversees the whole of Upper Seletar Reservoir catchment area and you can also see glimpses of the Singapore Zoo nearby. Mrupupup managed to climb to the top of the rocket and capture a 360 view & video of the Upper Seletar Reservoir. This reservoir was built in the 1940. The Japanese War in 1941 destroyed the reservoir but was subsequently repaired. The originally named Seletar Reservoir was rebuilt in the 1960s and enlarged by 35 times. It was opened officially in 1969 by Princess Alexandra who represented the Queen of England for the 150th anniversary to celebrate Singapore as England's trading post. This Rocket was like a fantasy and climbing up the spiral gives Mrupupup a feeling of getting ready to blast off into space. Indeed, the Rocket tower served as heritage site for Singapore and bears memories of the good times people had when they were in the Seletar Reserv

Night Festival 2012 is here in Singapore. Held over the lasr two weekends in August, go and see the interesting lights installations in various locations in the Bras Basah district like: Singapore Arts Museum, Peranakan Museum, National Museum, Singapore Management University, 8Q SAM and School of the Arts. Enjoy the lights and see various arts performance. Mrupupup recommends the eyeball lights installation at 8Q SAM building along Waterloo Street. Singapore is an interesting place! Check out Mrupupup's photos.

Ann Siang Hill is nestled in the Chinatown district of Singapore. Ann Siang Hill has many restaurants. It is a good place to just have a walk and enjoy the colourfull buildings in the area. Being in the Ann Siang Hill, bring Mrupupup back to the bygone era of Singapore where the area had many rich man's clubs, exclusive social clubs and clan associations. Now, Ann Siang Hill has many restored shophouses with five foot ways and nice places to eat or shop. Take note of the slope upwards and enjoy the breeze at the top and one can also see the many air-conditioning units to cool Singapore down. Enjoy the photos.

Mrupupup visited this little dessert shop known as the 'Grin Affair' at 3 Everton Park, #01-77a (Everton Park HDB estate). Grin Affair serves cakes in little glass jars and comes in many flavours. Mrupupup tried out the chocolate and honey lavender berries cakes. Mrupupup likes that the shop tries to be environmentally friendly by using pretty glass jars and recycled paper. Check out the photos!

Mrupupup felt that the Ya Kun Coffee and Kaya Toast is the best at Far East Square outlet, 18 China Street #01-01. Ya Kun at this outlet serves the toasted bread and coffee that tastes more authentic than the rest of the stores in Singapore. The Ya Kun store was super busy on a weekend morning. With such long history of making coffee and toasted bread (since 1944), there are many outlets of Ya Kun's in other countries like Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia. Anyway, Mrupupup was at Ya Kun to have a nice cup of coffee and the kaya/butter toasted bread. Kaya is a coconut based jam spread and the ingredients that goes into making this spread is a closely guarded secret by Ya Kun's. It is weird that Mrupupup has cravings for toasted bread and coffee, espcially Ya Kun's. Took some pictures of the half boiled eggs, toasted bread and coffee. Very Nice! Enjoy the photos!

Mrupupup went to the China Square Central Flea Market. The shopping centre is near to Chinatown and at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road. Mr Upupup was totally amazed at the 60 plus stores selling mostly collectibles, lots of toys, antiques, posters, clothes, watches and many interesting stuff. If you happen to be in the Chinatown area, do take a walk to the China Square Central on a Sunday morning. The place was buzzing with activity from 11am onwards with many people trading and buying cheap/value for money stuff. Mrupupup was totally amazed at the varied toy collections and the flea market was like a popular toys trading arena. Mrupupup never knew the World Wrestling dolls were very hot toys - selling at $15 a piece! Do check out China Square Central on a Sunday from 11am to 6pm. If you are lazy on a Sunday, just take a look at the pictures which Mrupupup took.

A sunday morning stroll along the Cantonment Road and Tanjong Pagar area. Singapore can be interesting for street photography, you will never know what you will find. Mrupupup walked from Cantonment Road area and all the way to Tanjong Pagar. Mrupupup loved the buildings along the way and the people encountered (even a streetside barber). Life is pretty interesting on a Sunday morning in sunny Singapore. Check out the photos and enjoy.