The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: COZY UP TIME BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE? We remained on the observation car for about an hour watching the jungle flow by. Dense. Green. Palm and rubber trees. Small towns now and then with poverty the name of the game. Shanties and an occasional specklingContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: COZY UP TIME BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE?”
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RKS French Literature: The Charity of the Family of the Owner of the Coal Mines (Émile Zola)
“The Grégoires delegated the distribution of alms to Cécile. It was their idea of giving her a good education. One had to be charitable, they said, their house was God’s house. Moreover, they flattered themselves that they were intelligent about their charity, being forever concerned that they should not be duped and encourage evil ways.Continue reading “RKS French Literature: The Charity of the Family of the Owner of the Coal Mines (Émile Zola)”
RKS French Literature: The Underground Hell of a French Coal Mine (Émile Zola)
“Stretched out on their sides, they were now tapping away harder than ever in their single-minded determination to fill a decent number of tubs. They became oblivious to all else as they gave themselves up to this furious pursuit of a reward so dearly won. They ceased to notice the water streaming down and causingContinue reading “RKS French Literature: The Underground Hell of a French Coal Mine (Émile Zola)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: AN EASY SOLUTION FOR WORLD PEACE!
AN EASY SOLUTION FOR WORLD PEACE! As I watch the television news there is hatred in so many countries for so many reasons perhaps politics being the main culprit. Look at the polarization in the United States where it is Democrats on one side of the fence and Republicans on the other. No trust. NoContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: AN EASY SOLUTION FOR WORLD PEACE!”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: SINGAPORE COMMERCIAL IMAGES LLC AND BOBBY FONG JR. ENTERPRISES PLC ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL IMAGING DEAL
Singapore Times Business Bulletin Bobby Fong Jr. Enterprises PLC (“BFE”) announced today the conclusion of a $32,000,000 SGD flat fee and revenue sharing transaction with Singapore Commercial Images LLC (“SCI”). Pursuant to the terms of the transaction the Cuddlecake Brand shall be licensed by BFE to SCI for utilization in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: SINGAPORE COMMERCIAL IMAGES LLC AND BOBBY FONG JR. ENTERPRISES PLC ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL IMAGING DEAL”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ALL ABOARD THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ALL ABOARD THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS! Bags all packed and taken to the luggage desk of our hotel Singapore Shangri-La we head down for a light breakfast and for me a small bowl of jasmine tea. Bobby Jr. mutters, “Eat light. Nothing but theContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ALL ABOARD THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS!”
RKS Japanese Literature: The Steam Train Representative of Twentieth-Century Civilization (Natsume Sōseki)
“We are being dragged deeper into the real world, which I define as the world that contains trains. Nothing can be more quintessentially representative of twentieth-century civilization than the steam train. It roars along, packed tight with hundreds of people in one box, merciless in its progress, and all those hundreds crammed in there mustContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: The Steam Train Representative of Twentieth-Century Civilization (Natsume Sōseki)”
RKS French Literature: Extreme Poverty and Quasi Starvation (Émile Zola)
“Buried beneath the blanket, all that could be seen of her was her long face with its broad features, which had a certain heavy beauty, but which at the age of thirty-nine, had already been disfigured by her life of poverty and the seven children she had borne. She told him how there was noContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Extreme Poverty and Quasi Starvation (Émile Zola)”
RKS French Literature: The Reek of the Human Herd in the Coal Miner’s Tenement (Émile Zola)
“At the Maheus’ house, Number Sixteen in the second block, nothing stirred. Thick darkness filled the one and only first-floor room: it bore down like a crushing weight on the people sleeping there, whose presence could be felt rather than seen as they lay crowded together, their mouths open, stunned by exhaustion. Despite the bitterContinue reading “RKS French Literature: The Reek of the Human Herd in the Coal Miner’s Tenement (Émile Zola)”
RKS Japanese Literature: Suffering the Result of Attachment (Natsume Sōseki)
“While we live in this world with its daily business, forced to walk the tightrope of profit and loss, true love is an empty thing, and the wealth before our eyes mere dust. The reputation we grasp at, the glory that we seize, is surely like the honey that the cunning bee will seem sweetlyContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Suffering the Result of Attachment (Natsume Sōseki)”
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