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Mrupupup attended the official launch of the Singapore Cable Car Sky Network and the new Sentosa Line. Quite a good event with free cable ride on their new Sentosa line cable car across the Sentosa island. Got a nice garden party with yummy food! The new Sentosa's Skynetwork Cable Car  started from June 2105 and it will let you soar high above the destinations through the sky on the most scenic highway in Sentosa island.  Fly high above the jungle, sand and sea on the new Sentosa Line. You can choose your stop at the Merlion station, Imbiah Lookout station and Siloso Point station to enjoy the sandy beaches, Underwater World Singapore, Madame Tussauds, Megazip Adventure Park, Skyline Luge Sentosa, 4-D AdventureLand, Tiger Sky Tower, Universal Studios Singapore and the S.E.A. Aquarium. Prices range from $5.50 to $13 depending on age and whether you are tourist or local citizen. Add $10 to enjoy unlimited one day rides and free guided back-of-house tour. More information from th

Mrupupup attended Singapore’s Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) concert, performing one of the most ambitious pieces of classical music, Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony or “Symphony of a Thousand”, live in Singapore as a tribute to SG50. Great performance and even got "Majullah Singapore" (National Anthem of Singapore) as a final encore. Thanks to organisers for sponsored tickets - 11 July 15 concert.   Featuring no less than eight local and international vocal soloists, four large choirs (including three from Australia), a children’s choir, large symphony orchestra, separate brass ensemble and an organ, this is only the second time the symphony performed in Singapore’s history.     The monumental piece started with a medieval Pentecost hymn and culminated in the closing scene of Goethe’s Faust, drawing together fundamental philosophical ideas of Western history. Mahler wrote this immensely moving and spectacular symphony as a “gift to the entire nation” for his bel

Good day and hope your week is great with photography.   Got invite to Sony Electronics' launch of its two most advanced and versatile cameras from the Cyber-shot™ RX series – the compact RX100 IV and high-zoom RX10 II – here in Singapore. Event held at Swissôtel The Stamford, level 69.   Announced globally just this month, the Cyber-shot™ RX100 IV and RX10 II cameras feature the world’s first 1.0 type stacked Exmor RS™ CMOS sensor with advanced signal processing, allowing both cameras the shooting capabilities to capture fast-moving objects. They are also the first Cyber-shot™ cameras to offer 4K movie recording, so videos are guaranteed to be crisp and sharp, with every minute detail captured. With cutting-edge new functions – including up to 40x super slow motion, and an ultra-fast Anti-Distortion Shutter with a maximum speed of 1/32000 second – you can be sure to be right at the heart of super-speed shooting.   Imaging beyond our eyes - Launch of Sony's Cyber-sho

Thanks to the good people from DBS Bank - Mrupupup went on a 2 hour abseiling workshop at Climb Asia Climbing Centre, located Civil Service Club Tessensohn, 60 Tessensohn Road Singapore. It was great fun and tiring day with abseiling. Mrupupup felt it brought a spark in life to go beyond the comfort zone of life! Mrupupup learned the basics of abseiling and experience the thrill of abseiling down a 11m outdoor tower.  Abseiling sure kicked start the new year with fun and adventure, and help spark change in life. The abseiling event was in conjunction with DBS Bank's new SPARK campaign “Igniting Possibilities, Sparking Joy”. For more information, visit: www.dbs.com/spark . Thanks DBS Bank !    

Mrupupup was invited to attend the Chunk Fest 2014 by Ben & Jerry's held in the Gardens by the Bay Singapore (Meadow area). Ok, Mrupupup went to the Chunk Fest to eat lots of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Mrupupup had about 6 cups of ice cream of various flavours. The Chunk Fest was great fun with lots of games, movie screening and social enterprise marketplace stores selling many unique stuff to help the less privileged in our society!  Thanks Ben and Jerry's for Chunk Fest 2014 Singapore!         Mrupupup ate so many cups of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream!

Alive Museum is Singapore’s latest fun destination. Alive Museum is for all ages, especially fun for kids. Mrupupup recently visited the Alive Museum which help to present the concept of art into entertainment. The Alive Museum covers over 10,000 square feet with more than 80 artworks brought vibrantly alive with 3D painting, shading and drawing techniques that create visual illusions. Visitors will not only be able to experience magical ideas in reality by touching and watching objects, they will be part of the masterpiece, especially the Marilyn Monroe piece. So no need to go Jeju Island (in South Korea) to experience the Alive Museum. Mrupupup had been to the Jeju's outlet of Alive Museum before felt it was similar to the Alive Museum in Suntec City Mall. Mrupupup's experience of Alive Museum was fun and interesting. Mrupupup loved the ET movie art piece, Marilyn Monroe interactive art piece, Nelson Mendela 'jumping' art and many more. Approximate Duration of

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