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Mruupup went to the Singapore Garden Festival (SGF), Asia’s premier tropical garden and flower show which is returning for its sixth installment from 23 – 31 July 2016 at Gardens by the Bay. The nine-day event is the largest show to-date, spanning 9.7 hectares across The Meadow, Flower Dome and Bayfront Plaza. SGF 2016 is set to mesmerise, surprise and wow visitors! Mrupupup went to check out this flower show. Loved flowers and this show has a visual fiesta of exquisite garden and floral displays, this year’s SGF will feature a host of exhibits and activities including:  15 Fantasy and Landscape Show Gardens featuring approximately 80 sqm creations by top award-winning gardening luminaries from around the world. This year’s festival will feature landscape and garden designers from Australia, China, France, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America  14 Floral Windows to the World featuring colourful and...

Singapore Favourite Food Village 2016 - ‘A Wok Though Singapore’s Culinary Heritage’. Mrupupup went to this Food Village to get an exclusive firsthand event experience.  The Food Village has 25 stalls presenting their best local dishes including traditional hawker favourites and their modern interpretations such as ChilIi Crab in Prata Bag, Rainbow Churros and Rendang Nachos. You will get to savour the best of both worlds, and decide which version of the dishes you would prefer. In addition, there will also be food trucks and pop-up cafes which would serve a mouth-watering selection of street food, accompanied by live cooking demonstrations and entertaining street performances. Date: 22 July 2016 to 31 July 2016 Time: 5pm to 11pm daily Place: Rochor Event Space (Bugis MRT, Exit A) - across the traffic junction from KFC outlet at Bugis Village The "salted egg yolk" carrot cake stall was the most popular at the Food Festival!

On a hot and humid evening in Singapore Sports Hub, the Sunwolves almost pulled off an upset win over the more experienced South Africa’s Stomers on 14 May 2016 in the Super Rugby League game. The Sunwolves wasted an 18-point lead when they lost to the Cheetahs at the same venue in   Singapore two months ago and the Singapore Sports Hub supporters feared another breakdown when Stormers scored a try off the back of a driving maul and also had the rugby conversion to reduce the margin to seven points with 20 minutes left of the game. The game was super exciting at the closing stages. South Africa’s Stormers’s Vincent Koch scored a late try in the last minute as the team came from 14 points down to manage a 17-17 draw against Super Rugby newcomers the Sunwolves at Singapore's National Stadium. The supporters were a bit disappointed that the Sunwolves did not get a win in Singapore which was the team’s second home ground, besides Tokyo. The Stormers extended their lead in the grou...

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...

Cherry blossoms in bloom right here in tropical Singapore – this unexpected sight is what visitors will get to see at Gardens by the Bay’s latest floral display, “Blossom Beats”. About half of these  sakura  trees have started to bloom in this experimental floral display, and blooming is expected to continue over the next one to two weeks. This is the first time that visitors can see such a myriad of cherry blossoms, as well as other blossoms, in the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay. More than 20 varieties of cherry blossoms, or  sakura , are showcased in the floral display. Visitors can look forward to seeing cultivars such as the  Prunus  Fujishidare which has pendulous branches, the  Prunus  Yedoenis Yoshino which stands out with its striking white flowers, and the  Prunus  Accolade, with its pale pink blooms. In addition to cherry blossoms, peach blossoms are in bloom too. One unusual variety on show is the  Prunus ...

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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 las...