WE ARRIVE SAFELY IN OTTAWA: TODAY DEBRIEFING WITH CSIS: TOMORROW DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA We arrived in Ottawa just past midnight. We experienced severe turbulence over Murmansk causing poor Raffles to puke up a storm. Poor guy has never been on a plane. I could have kissed the tarmac as we leftContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WE ARRIVE SAFELY IN OTTAWA: TODAY DEBRIEFING WITH CSIS: TOMORROW DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!
OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS! There is no better way to start the day with chicken congee which both Raffles and I devoured with gusto. Raffles is a gregarious Westie as I know him but interacting with Bob and Fay he is a shyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OH NO THE TWO BUDWEISER SWILLING, HAMBURGER AND KETCHUP MEN FROM THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo Generally Hated (Victor Hugo)
We have already shown that Quasimodo was generally hated – for more than one good reason, it is true. There was hardly a spectator among the crowd but either had or thought he had some cause or complaint against the malevolent hunchback of Notre-Dame. The joy at seeing him appear thus in the pillory hadContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo Generally Hated (Victor Hugo)”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and the Bells of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
This was the only speech that he could hear, the only sound that broke for him the universal silence. He expanded in it, like a bird in the sunshine. All at once the frenzy of the bell would seize him, his look became wild – he lay in wait for the great bell as aContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and the Bells of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA
OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA At 10:00 hours a large black limousine arrived at our hotel, the Chosin Reservoir Memorial Veterans’ Hotel and whisked us to a nondescript building where our meeting with the Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs, his assistants and Mr. WonContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA”
RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and Notre Dame Cathedral as One (Victor Hugo)
Thus it was that his being, gradually unfolding, took its mould from the cathedral – living there – sleeping there – scarcely ever going out of it – receiving every hour its mysterious impress – he came at length to resemble it, to be fashioned like it, to make an integral part of it. HeContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo and Notre Dame Cathedral as One (Victor Hugo)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RAFFLES THE WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER GREETER AND RAT HUNTER AT RAFFLES SINGAPORE DEMOTED TO A RESCUE DOG
RAFFLES THE WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER GREETER AND RAT HUNTER AT RAFFLES SINGAPORE DEMOTED TO A RESCUE DOG Raffles is a Singaporean West Highland Terrier who acts as a greeter at Raffles Singapore and a rat hunter too! You’d be surprised where you might see a rat at a swanky hotel like Raffles Singapore. The eveningContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RAFFLES THE WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER GREETER AND RAT HUNTER AT RAFFLES SINGAPORE DEMOTED TO A RESCUE DOG”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY INVITED TO THE PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR A FRIENDSHIP TOUR
RORY INVITED TO THE PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR A FRIENDSHIP TOUR We were having a leisurely breakfast in our suite at Raffles Singapore. Bob was planning a walk in some nearby park with plenty of shade. We had invited Raffles the Westie greeter at the hotel to join us. Over a pot of jasmineContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY INVITED TO THE PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR A FRIENDSHIP TOUR”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PRESIDENT ORVILLE GRUMP AND OPERATION EPIC TURKEY: KING OF THE COURT OF MIRACLES PROPPED BY HIS BAND OF TRUANDS AND WORSHIPPED BY THE WRETCHED GAPERS
PRESIDENT ORVILLE GRUMP AND OPERATION EPIC TURKEY: KING OF THE COURT OF MIRACLES PROPPED BY HIS BAND OF TRUANDS AND WORSHIPPED BY THE WRETCHED GAPERS The Malaysians ripped open the wrapping of Operation Epic Turkey revealing a grisly rotten centre all ordered by the President of the United States, Orville Grump. It reeked of theContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PRESIDENT ORVILLE GRUMP AND OPERATION EPIC TURKEY: KING OF THE COURT OF MIRACLES PROPPED BY HIS BAND OF TRUANDS AND WORSHIPPED BY THE WRETCHED GAPERS”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE CEREMONY AWARDING RORY DYLAN STEPHEN THE SINGAPOREAN MEDAL OF VALOUR (Rory thinks Prime Minister Wong’s address may be slightly exaggerated)
THE CEREMONY AWARDING RORY DYLAN STEPHEN THE SINGAPOREAN MEDAL OF VALOUR (Rory thinks Prime Minister Wong’s address may be slightly exaggerated) Remarks of Prime Minister Wong Good afternoon all. We are assembled here to award the Singaporean Medal of Valour to a Canadian West Highland Terrier, Rory Dylan Stephen, abducted and drugged by an internationalContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE CEREMONY AWARDING RORY DYLAN STEPHEN THE SINGAPOREAN MEDAL OF VALOUR (Rory thinks Prime Minister Wong’s address may be slightly exaggerated)”
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