Friday, March 10, 2006
Practically nearly the entire horse community should know this by now, bobby died. It;s sooooo saadddd WHY did he have to go ? he was one of the best school horses that saddle club ever had, no other horse could replace that wonderful smooth, comfy ride. I mean know saddle club would never be the same without him. That grumpy old boy who made fences when you approached him in the stable. Who was the perfect angel to ride........ * sigh * I didn;t know the last time i rode him would be the last time i would. Then again you never realise the last time you would see or do something. Like Sentosa riding centre, the first place i learned to ride properly i didn;t know the last time i would ride at that place, i never really got to say goodbye, though i did come back after it had closed down and the horses were for sale. Or the last time i would see my old school at Thomson, i simply rushed off never realising it would be the last time i would ever see the school again. Such things............ time can only heal the wounds..... what we have to do is grieve his loss and remember him.
It would definetely be a gross insult if his body was chopped up manged and served to the carnivores at the zoo....... i hope that he is buried or cremated and his ashes kept somewhere special were ppl and can go and remember him, remember what a great school pony he was.
RIP Bobby you will be forever missed
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
For some reason, the last two lessons, horses have been good to me ( well in the walk and trot anyway )
I had smint on tues, he was surprisingly good when i got on him to start warming up. He actually did everything i asked him to do and even was nicely rounded and collected for the most part of the lesson. Except that the pace was a little slow. As well as little fits of rage he kept throwing at me when i asked him to do something non-textbook or orthodox like suddenly turning a 10m circle into a turn to the track on the opposite side. He would swing his quarter violently to the side and buck or just stop and buck. Either way he would be rewarded with a tight slap from my pathetic, tassleless,handicapped-looking, cane-for-the-blind looking white whip as well as a good shove in the ribs.
Other than that ( except the canter ) he was a complete angel.
In the canter, he tried a skip-t0-my-lou, neither-here-nor-there canter which was sooo annoying. He refused to canter properly for long stretches at a time. In the end i never did get him to canter properly for one full 20m circle. The skip-to-my-lou canter reigned supreme, and failed to please the rider and instructor.
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Oatie was SOOO good with me today !!! when kath told me i was taking her i was like " Oh nooooooo that nightmare ride !" why couldn;t i have taken someone else ??
To my utter surprise she was a ANGEL ! she did everything i asked her to do i was bloody pleased with her ! We worked on flexing and getting the horses rounded by squezing outside rein and leg, oatie got on the bit !! or at least it seemed for the most part of the lesson. Which was mostly in a 20m circle at E , I think she;s just super MOODY
Had like 2 CAs in a ROW bio and Geog , i was exhausted by then, but had an INTERESTING history lesson ! i always find learning history really fun and NOT boring at all....
Erghh gotta study LOADS this yr, we have SOOO many tests ! O levels !
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
One thing that i have now come to realise about riding, i mean i knew that i occurs in my chosen sport ( sadly ) Snobbiness it; soooo annoying !!! people can be so condescending and rude sometimes and such busibodies ! ok now please accept the fact that there are people not as lucky as well off as you and don;t look down on them, didn;t anyone teach them good manners ??
Like the fact that not everyone can make it to a JC doesn;t give you the authority to see them in a different light, just because they perhaps go to a Poly or something SO WHAT ??? in the end a person with a poly diploma can still go out to get a degree or even further on to a masters or PhD ! In the end when we go into the working world does it matter ?? Like if you bomb in A levels and can;t go anywhere and try to work or a person who has a Poly diploma, who would an employer most likely hire ? A skilled worker or a person with just a general education ? i think the former.
ERGHHH
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Friday, February 17, 2006
GOT SOOO SOAKED IN THE RAIN today !!!
Rode for `10 minutes in the POURING rain !!! well at least i got to canter bobby. I was leadfile you see. We did serpentines mostly, the first time i did i thought i TOTALLY screwed it up. But actually it was correct i had the turns at the correct places and sue actually paid attention to me ! It was quite a good lesson in spite of the rain which just got heavier and heavier, then the thunder came i felt bobby spook slightly so i slowed him to a walk. Sue told then told us to stop and dismount to lead the horses back to the stable. LOL it was a good thing me dawn and vivienne had the foresight to wear dark colours ! kath unfortunately didn't and was soaked in white ( thankfully nothing could be seen ) After untacking bobby , the three us trooped as fast as we could to the changing rooms . We gave dawn her present ! it was a really HILARIOUS horsey book called Hold your Horses. SOOO FUNNY only horse people would understand !!
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Monday, February 13, 2006
Racism in Singapore, do we talk about it ? or do we even want to talk about it ?
It still exists in tiny pockets, snippets of conversation, even well-meaning-would-never-hurt-a-fly people are racist. Don;t disagree that people aren't racist
while it is easy to simply gloss over the, often-thought factor that Singapore is very racially friendly, it's is not. It may seem that way on the surface but That are small cracks. They may be small and still rather undectable but still prominent and could well someday blow up into something bigger or disastrous. I myself am not racist, I don’t judge people by their skin colour, however there are people around me who do. I have no qualms about dating a person of another race, I have done so in the past. However I would have objections if it were a different religion such as Islam or Hindiusm as I am a catholic but only if these relationships became very deep and serious.
I think that people should be more tolerant of other people’s races and religions. Before critizicing people of another race we should stop and think, would we like the same thing to be done to us ? How would a Christian like it if a non-christian blasphemed or laughed or made fun of his or her faith ? If so, who are we to question or laugh at others’ beliefs ? It is all just due to a lack of understanding and respect for others. So before you decide to crack another stupid racist joke, stop and think would you like people to make fun of and ridicule your skin colour or faith ?
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Saturday, February 11, 2006
I had a GOOD lesson friday........ arrived at saddle club quite early, though i was disappointed i didn;t get to stay long in school to see my friends get their results. I wish i had covered the event !!!!!
I was on bobby, kath on songlka and dawn on you-know-who ( we are on) Sue had a nice challange for us, try and keep a stone between your boot and stirrup ( under the boot ) It was actually easier for me then for anyone else !! cos bobby is sooo obedient! Even sue called me Little miss perfect ( harhar) though i lost in the canter or rather asking him to canter. It is a good excercise to strengthen lower leg which i need !
Kath fell of Songkla too, he suddenly took off and she fell ( second fall ) luckily nothing happened to her.
After riding rushed to Four seasons for the canadian study fair, i'm thinking oafter O levels to go to canada to study........ probably do Tourism and hospitality management
Its four in the afternoon
I'm on a flight leaving LATrying to think about my life
My youth scattered along the highway
Hotel rooms in headlights
I've made a living with a song guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to be belong
Fame is filled with spoiled children
They grow fat on fantasyI guess that's why I'm leaving
I crave reality
posted @ 1:35 AM
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Practically nearly the entire horse community should know this by now, bobby died. It;s sooooo saadddd WHY did he have to go ? he was one of the best school horses that saddle club ever had, no other horse could replace that wonderful smooth, comfy ride. I mean know saddle club would never be the same without him. That grumpy old boy who made fences when you approached him in the stable. Who was the perfect angel to ride........ * sigh * I didn;t know the last time i rode him would be the last time i would. Then again you never realise the last time you would see or do something. Like Sentosa riding centre, the first place i learned to ride properly i didn;t know the last time i would ride at that place, i never really got to say goodbye, though i did come back after it had closed down and the horses were for sale. Or the last time i would see my old school at Thomson, i simply rushed off never realising it would be the last time i would ever see the school again. Such things............ time can only heal the wounds..... what we have to do is grieve his loss and remember him.
It would definetely be a gross insult if his body was chopped up manged and served to the carnivores at the zoo....... i hope that he is buried or cremated and his ashes kept somewhere special were ppl and can go and remember him, remember what a great school pony he was.
RIP Bobby you will be forever missed
posted @ 6:27 AM
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
For some reason, the last two lessons, horses have been good to me ( well in the walk and trot anyway )
I had smint on tues, he was surprisingly good when i got on him to start warming up. He actually did everything i asked him to do and even was nicely rounded and collected for the most part of the lesson. Except that the pace was a little slow. As well as little fits of rage he kept throwing at me when i asked him to do something non-textbook or orthodox like suddenly turning a 10m circle into a turn to the track on the opposite side. He would swing his quarter violently to the side and buck or just stop and buck. Either way he would be rewarded with a tight slap from my pathetic, tassleless,handicapped-looking, cane-for-the-blind looking white whip as well as a good shove in the ribs.
Other than that ( except the canter ) he was a complete angel.
In the canter, he tried a skip-t0-my-lou, neither-here-nor-there canter which was sooo annoying. He refused to canter properly for long stretches at a time. In the end i never did get him to canter properly for one full 20m circle. The skip-to-my-lou canter reigned supreme, and failed to please the rider and instructor.
posted @ 2:08 AM
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Oatie was SOOO good with me today !!! when kath told me i was taking her i was like " Oh nooooooo that nightmare ride !" why couldn;t i have taken someone else ??
To my utter surprise she was a ANGEL ! she did everything i asked her to do i was bloody pleased with her ! We worked on flexing and getting the horses rounded by squezing outside rein and leg, oatie got on the bit !! or at least it seemed for the most part of the lesson. Which was mostly in a 20m circle at E , I think she;s just super MOODY
Had like 2 CAs in a ROW bio and Geog , i was exhausted by then, but had an INTERESTING history lesson ! i always find learning history really fun and NOT boring at all....
Erghh gotta study LOADS this yr, we have SOOO many tests ! O levels !
posted @ 7:04 AM
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
One thing that i have now come to realise about riding, i mean i knew that i occurs in my chosen sport ( sadly ) Snobbiness it; soooo annoying !!! people can be so condescending and rude sometimes and such busibodies ! ok now please accept the fact that there are people not as lucky as well off as you and don;t look down on them, didn;t anyone teach them good manners ??
Like the fact that not everyone can make it to a JC doesn;t give you the authority to see them in a different light, just because they perhaps go to a Poly or something SO WHAT ??? in the end a person with a poly diploma can still go out to get a degree or even further on to a masters or PhD ! In the end when we go into the working world does it matter ?? Like if you bomb in A levels and can;t go anywhere and try to work or a person who has a Poly diploma, who would an employer most likely hire ? A skilled worker or a person with just a general education ? i think the former.
ERGHHH
posted @ 12:49 AM
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Friday, February 17, 2006
GOT SOOO SOAKED IN THE RAIN today !!!
Rode for `10 minutes in the POURING rain !!! well at least i got to canter bobby. I was leadfile you see. We did serpentines mostly, the first time i did i thought i TOTALLY screwed it up. But actually it was correct i had the turns at the correct places and sue actually paid attention to me ! It was quite a good lesson in spite of the rain which just got heavier and heavier, then the thunder came i felt bobby spook slightly so i slowed him to a walk. Sue told then told us to stop and dismount to lead the horses back to the stable. LOL it was a good thing me dawn and vivienne had the foresight to wear dark colours ! kath unfortunately didn't and was soaked in white ( thankfully nothing could be seen ) After untacking bobby , the three us trooped as fast as we could to the changing rooms . We gave dawn her present ! it was a really HILARIOUS horsey book called Hold your Horses. SOOO FUNNY only horse people would understand !!
posted @ 3:14 AM
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Monday, February 13, 2006
Racism in Singapore, do we talk about it ? or do we even want to talk about it ?
It still exists in tiny pockets, snippets of conversation, even well-meaning-would-never-hurt-a-fly people are racist. Don;t disagree that people aren't racist
while it is easy to simply gloss over the, often-thought factor that Singapore is very racially friendly, it's is not. It may seem that way on the surface but That are small cracks. They may be small and still rather undectable but still prominent and could well someday blow up into something bigger or disastrous. I myself am not racist, I don’t judge people by their skin colour, however there are people around me who do. I have no qualms about dating a person of another race, I have done so in the past. However I would have objections if it were a different religion such as Islam or Hindiusm as I am a catholic but only if these relationships became very deep and serious.
I think that people should be more tolerant of other people’s races and religions. Before critizicing people of another race we should stop and think, would we like the same thing to be done to us ? How would a Christian like it if a non-christian blasphemed or laughed or made fun of his or her faith ? If so, who are we to question or laugh at others’ beliefs ? It is all just due to a lack of understanding and respect for others. So before you decide to crack another stupid racist joke, stop and think would you like people to make fun of and ridicule your skin colour or faith ?
posted @ 2:13 AM
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Saturday, February 11, 2006
I had a GOOD lesson friday........ arrived at saddle club quite early, though i was disappointed i didn;t get to stay long in school to see my friends get their results. I wish i had covered the event !!!!!
I was on bobby, kath on songlka and dawn on you-know-who ( we are on) Sue had a nice challange for us, try and keep a stone between your boot and stirrup ( under the boot ) It was actually easier for me then for anyone else !! cos bobby is sooo obedient! Even sue called me Little miss perfect ( harhar) though i lost in the canter or rather asking him to canter. It is a good excercise to strengthen lower leg which i need !
Kath fell of Songkla too, he suddenly took off and she fell ( second fall ) luckily nothing happened to her.
After riding rushed to Four seasons for the canadian study fair, i'm thinking oafter O levels to go to canada to study........ probably do Tourism and hospitality management
Its four in the afternoon
I'm on a flight leaving LATrying to think about my life
My youth scattered along the highway
Hotel rooms in headlights
I've made a living with a song guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to be belong
Fame is filled with spoiled children
They grow fat on fantasyI guess that's why I'm leaving
I crave reality
posted @ 1:35 AM
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