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SINGAPORE, 10 June 2017 – Scotland coach Gregor Townsend was rewarded with a well-deserved 34-13 win over Italy for his first match in charge in the first ever international test played between two Six Nations teams in Southeast Asia. The rugby match was held in Singapore's Sports Hub Stadium. The Scots delivered a five-try victory for their coach in front of over 9,000 fans at the Singapore National Stadium and were off to a fast start when flyhalf Finn Russell kicked Scotland into an early 3-0 lead after just six minutes. Italy drew level through a Tommaso Allan penalty in the 10 th  minute and managed to hold the Scots for most of the first half. Scotland finally made the breakthrough in the 38 th  minute when scrumhalf Ali Price dived over the line for a 8-3 lead. On the stroke of half-time, Scotland scored yet another try when Tim Visser gathered a delightful chip kick from Russell. Duncan Taylor stepped up to convert for a 15-3 half time lead for Scotland. The Sc

I Light Marina 2017 is the leading lights show in Asia. With 20 sustainable light installations, it would an interesting sight for your eyes. The light show starts from 3 March till 26 March 2017, 7.30pm to 11pm on weekdays and till 12am on weekends. Location: Marina Bay area near to Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Fullerton Bay Hotel area. Go check it out! There is a website : www.ilightmarinabay.sg/discover/installations For food and activities : www.ilightmarinabay.sg/discover/festival%20Map Celebrate Beauty, Arts and Beautiful lights in Sunny Singapore! Mrupupup's views: Loved the colourful 'Strips of light' section, Merlion in neon light up, and the Happy Balloons of Giant Whale & Scary Spider (at the stadium area)! Light Strips! Merlion in Neon Lights Scary Spider and Giant Whale 

Caffe Vergnano 1882 is a cool Italian coffee joint. The Italian coffess are simply superb! Mrupupup had two cups of latte from this place. Do try the coffee. The coffee come sin various styles and made by a super coffee machine. Anyway, Mrupupup went to see the barista contest whereby the people came to compete in coffee art on the cup. Pretty nice designs on the coffee cup. Learnt that one need to be good, you have to consistent in your coffee art design on the cuppa. Love the latte! Caffè Vergnano 1882 Singapore  located #B1-17, South Beach Avenue, 26 Beach Rd, 6385-5579. Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat & Sun 9am-6pm. 

All thanks to the Science Centre. Got to experience Science Centre Singapore - Marvel's Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N new exhibition show, Snow City and Omni Theatre. Pretty fun thing to do on a weekend, Bring the kids, they would love the Science Centre! The Marvel exhibition is a great show. It has an interactive component, you can see many figures from Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America's movie stuff and much more. I totally enjoyed the exhibition and I got to fight the evil guys using the app. I was totally fascinated by the HULK show whereby he would get really angry and become a huge beast! The Iron Man interactive experience was cool whereby kids (and also adults) get to wear the Iron Man suite (interactive fun) and fight the bad guys! Shoot them down! Haha ! Other stuff Mrupupup went were the Snow City and the Omni Theatre, which were fun too! Marvel Avengers exhibtion till 30 March 2017, 10am to 6pm. Singapore Science Centre. $30 (Adult), $25 (for Singaporean and PRs

Mrupupup joined in the new opening of the Yakiniku-Oh Goen, a new yakiniku Japanese restaurant in Telok Ayer Street. Mrupupup tried various cuts of beef meat, cow tongue, beef brisket and various yummy stuff! The beef was yummy and wonderfully marinated. Once the meat touched fire and grill, the taste was succulent! Mrupupup tried the beef cuts in the food tasting session. Check out the restaurant at 122 Telok Ayer Street.  Ganbatte! Cheers! (burp had some nice Sapporo beer!)

Asus launched new products - the product launch in Suntec Singapore.  Check out these new stuff from Asus! ASUS ZenBook 3  Check out the pretty notebook -the ASUS ZenBook 3 and will be available from 22 October 2016 costs $1988! Small and light (slightly less than 1kg), packed with many features and nice colours! ASUS Transformer 3 Pro  The ASUS Transformer 3 Pro will be in Singapore from 22 October 2016 and costs from $1898! Looks nice and good design! ASUS ZenWatch 3  The ASUS ZenWatch 3 which will be in Singapore from November 2016 and costs about $369. Very nice watch on the wrist! Asus Zenwatch is well designed with good features and it has 3-buttons design! Your watch face can be customized also; very interesting!

SINGAPORE WELCOMES THE GLOBAL RUGBY FAMILY  TO THE 2016 HSBC WORLD RUGBY SINGAPORE SEVENS ·         23 rugby nations gathered in Singapore – 16 world’s best for the HSBC World Sevens Series and seven including host nation taking part in South East Asia 7s ·         Rugby legends like Waisale Serevi, Ollie Phillps, George Gregan, Stirling Mortock are among the 5,000 overseas visitors in town for this week’s global rugby celebration April 2016 – The world’s best rugby teams have arrived in Singapore and are ready to rock, ruck and rumble at the 2016 HSBC World Rugby Singapore Sevens.  The festivities kick off with an ancillary tournament, the South East Asia 7s, on Friday, 15 April 16, at Yio Chu Kang Stadium with seven countries competing. Southeast Asian Games champion, Philippines, will take on Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Brunei and two Singapore sides in the men’s competition, while the women’s tournament features favourites Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indo

Mrupupup attended the Arts Stage Singapore 2016 at Marina Bay Sands exhibition halls. The Art Stage Singapore 16 brought all the major galleries to show case their artists' work. The works of arts were really diverse and interesting. It was a great visual arts feast and this flagship event was the sixth edition.          There were works of arts from major countries like Japan, Indonesia, China, USA, Australia and etc. 173 galleries from 37 countries joined in this arts exhibition. However, there was a greater focus on South East Asian art. Well, the pieces could be really expensive like $200,000 for large Chinese man art to small pieces that costs $5000. Some of the pieces were thought provoking and stimulate Mrupupup's tiny brain cells. Mrupupup is not an artist but just interested in expanding the horizons of thought (Hope So!). The art exhibition was not cheap and costs $32 per person for entry and lasted four days in January 2016. Lucky got some kind sponsor for the entr

Locals and international visitors could look forward to fresh and immersive experiences at the Singapore: Inside Out and Singapore Takeout showcases. Singapore: Inside Out, a multi-disciplinary travelling showcase featuring Singapore’s contemporary creative practitioners, open from 27 November – 6 December 2015 for a homecoming run after having toured to Beijing, London and New York. The Singapore Takeout is all about Singapore’s heritage food cuisine as it pays homage to Singapore’s culinary talents over two weekends – 27 to 29 November and 4 to 6 December 2015.  Beyond the creative and culinary showcases, there is also an array of festive experiences to look forward to, marking the year-end season while celebrating Singapore’s Golden Jubilee milestone.  Singapore: Inside Out – The Homecoming Finale Curated by award-winning Singaporean architect and artist Randy Chan, Singapore: Inside Out encourages the discovery of new perspectives of Singapore through architecture, design, fash

THE INCLUSIVE INTERACTION 3-9 DECEMBER 2015 | 10AM – 7PM | HELD in SINGAPORE NATIONAL STADIUM - GATE 22 - INCLUSIVE STRONGMAN BOOT CAMPS . SPORT TRYOUT . THE DISABILITY EXPERIENCE The Inclusive Interaction is an initiative by ActiveSG and Society Staples to foster interaction and integration opportunities between society and Persons with Disabilites (PwDs) through a series of the APG Experience Tour Stations as follows : (I) Inclusive Strongman Fitness Boot Camps [Special Mass Boot Camp Sessions] Special Sessions on 5 December 2015, 5pm | 6 December 2015, 10am and 5pm Both public participants and PwDs will go through an exciting 90min session having fun flipping tyres, running with sandbags, performing log presses, pulling/pushing sled and doing the farmers’ walk.  Pre-registration for these special sessions is required on myActiveSG.com.  (II) Adaptive Sports Tryout Stations (a) Inclusive Strongman Stations : 20m Sandbag Run / 80kg Tyre Flip / 20m Farmers Walk / 10m Sled Pul

Commando Challenge run was not the normal type of 6km run. Commando Challenge was a tough run that involves clearing high walls, soaking through an ice pond, electrifying obstacles (with real voltage!), scaling curved walls while trying to complete a 6km run in Sentosa. Really tough run, definitely Mrupupup was super tired the next day after the run. Mrupupup finished the Commando Challenge - Haha, all the way.... yeah, go go go go ! Check out the photos of 2015 Commando Challenge held along Sentosa's Siloso and Tanjong beaches.  Good challenging run! Great fun and tough run - not the normal run. Need to train for it and also expensive at $85 per person for 6km. There was also a Extreme Commando Challenge - meaning two loops run and carrying a 15km bag along the way (really tougher!). In groups braving through the electric voltage wires for the final finish Watching people finish through the final stage of electric shock  Huge relief Yeah I complete the Cha