“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Bob and Fay are just a bit worried about me after a few weeks back in Toronto thinking I am moping about and lacking enthusiasm for the activities and interests I had before my abduction. Let’s face it with the excitement andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES?

WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES? We adopted Raffles, a West Highland Terrier…I think. He may be a mixie but he is mostly Westie in look and attitude. I first met him in Singapore at the Singapore Westie of the Year contest. He should have won that contest, but Bobby Fong Jr. had given me a “competitiveContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES?”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN

DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN Being somewhat sick and tired of limousines all of us took Ottawa Transit to the Prime Minister’s residence. Bedraggled and besieged Prime Minster of Canada Thomas Bankboy battling the aggression and hot tornadic air of President Orville Grump of the United States. Annexation. Tariffs.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN”

“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

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”

“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!”

“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”

“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)”