Wednesday, November 23, 2005

RIDER'S LODGE RULES!!! haha d trip was really really really fun!! went up this weekend w/ my family, tanya and caro. got to rl at abt 10ish (looong car ride cuz my dad got lost halfway and there was a traffic jam at d causeway.) and then went down to check who we were riding. was supposed to ride katie 4 d 11 lesson (jumping) w/ catz but d last time i jumped her was soooo bad. begged catz 4 a change and she changed it to... *drumroll*... KAMPONG!!! :D:D:D caro was on AVC and there was this japanese lady on d new pony pipsqueak (more on her later -- pip not d jap lady) and her fren on mr boots. tanya joined d lesson on crowe. started out w/ trotting poles then small cross pole jumps. pip was behaving exactly like penny over d poles (urgh :S:S:S nightmare) aka gallopping over them again and again and her rider eventually slid off. luckily she landed quite lightly. catz then switched pip to rocky who was a biggg improvement. tanya was of course going over d jumps w/ ease on crowe. AVC was being a tad lazy but caro got him going nicely. kampong? HE WAS AMMMMAAZZING!!!!! then catz put up 3 srt jumps and then asked us to go over them in order w/ 2 rein changes!!! i was like OMG i've neva even done smt like that b4. haha but it was really fun!!! all i had to do was point darling kampong at d jump, look at d next jump and go into 2 pt seat. HE ROCKS!!! oh yeah and halfway during d lessson i went into 2 pt too early and kampong jumped d jump and i dno what happened but when he landed i was sitting in front of d saddle, and i lost my stirrups and my helmet had slid 4ward over my eyes. caro later told me she was like "okay she's a goner. this is fall no 1" haha. luckily i manged to get back in d saddle and didn't fall... though i though i would...

went 4 lunch at legends then since my sibs didn;t have any lessons they stayed there 2 swim and d 3 of us walked bk to rl cuz there was no buggy. quite a short walk really. when we got bk we were sooo bored so we asked catz if there was ny one we could take out 2 graze. caro took super force out cuz he was lame i think. i took artic (he's sooo cute!!) and tanya took firehouse.

we had a dressage lesson at 3 w/ catz. i had sandman, caro had pip and tanya had crowe. there was this girl called stephanie on AVC. sandman was being absolutely HORRID. he kept shying away from d corners at A. when i made him go into them he bolted. twice. sigh... nway we practised dressage test one by one. so one person would stay in d arena w/ catz and d rest would go walk ard d pond. i did d 1.1 test on him but catz didn't want me to canter him cuz of his bolting so i did sitting trot instead of canters.

after d lesson we took pip out and barebacked her. steph tagged along w/ us which kinda got a bit annoying. then we put her back and took out super, crowe mars and sarabago. had dinner at d cafe ( REALLY YUMMY FOOD) and then took some photos. after, we begged catz to loan us a movie. wanted to watch In Her Shoes but catz was kinda reluctant so we watched peter pan instead (d movie not d cartoon) on steph's labtop in our room.

nxt day we had a lesson at 9 w/ catz and tanya had a private jumping w/ jay at 8. woke up and changed then had breakfast. then went down. tanya was like soo tired after her lesson haha. steph was oso in our 9 o'clock lesson. she rode boots, caro rode chester and i rode pipsqueak. we warmed up and then we practised dressage tests again. catz asked me to do d novice 2.1 test and i was like soo shocked and told her i didn't memorise d test. so in d end she called it out and i did it on darling darling pip. she was soooo nice!!! she's really 4ward and all. plus her canter is REALLY fast but w/ some half halts aka bergardes it was really nice!! only prob was it was kinda hard to halt her squarely. :S and get her on d bit... ah wells.

after that i had a lesson at 11 and i nearly rode big splendor but jay gave me diamond. catz took d lesson. and i did d 1.1 test again. diamond was really nice but it's kinda hard to get him to do circles in canter. he was really nice and forward though. oh yes! there was this REALLY REALLY irritating guy in d lesson. he and his daughter were in d lesson plus 2 other french girls. he was riding boots and was like talking to him like he expected boots to understand him. "walk on" , "trot on" , "halt... whoa" it was sooo irritating. plus his voice is really loud!! i think catz got kinda irritated by d end of d lesson too. after d lesson went to walk around d pond then walked over to d other arena where my sibs were having their begginner lesson w/ jay. it was quite cute watching them haha. then after that brought diamond back and then we went 4 lunch at some chinese restaurant then went bk to singapore.

|`kath| 10:59 AM|

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

lol i got this from dawn's blog. she tagged all us ppl in d "bangkok gang" haha. okay here i go...

10 years ago I was:
Still potty training?? i dno haha

5 years ago I was:
Stressing my chinese teacher up (i never did my h/w )

1 year ago I was:
Learning d joys of jumping :D:D:D at Camp!!

5 snacks I enjoy:
Doritos chips, MERIGUE and GINGERBREAD! (which i'm sure 2 c more of cuz it's gna b christmas soon) , chocolate raisins, fruit roll ups and gummies, &... BUBBLE GUM!!! (as in bubble yum or bubble tape -- d rest juz aren' as good)

5 songs I know all the words to:
When u believe (from Prince of egypt), At d begginning ( d disney movie Anastasia) , graduation (vitamin c), cardboard castles (diano degarmo), Beauty and d beast ( from disney's beauty and d beast, i noe all d notes too!!! as in piano)

5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:
buy a HUUGE MANSION that rivals d istana in size, wait no make that bill gate's house instead, buy a stable and a few horses... w/ livery of course and tack and food and all that misc stuff needed and relocate it to my hugge spectacular mansion, er... donate to charity, (lol i think i've fin spending my 10 mil but to go on cuz it says 5 things... ) give myself a holiday every other mth... , invest... so i can get more cash 2 do more stuff :D maybe even buy myself a throne?? ( not as in d physical velvet covered chair throne but as in become royalty)

5 places I would run away to:
lol my hugge mansion (aforementioned) bukit timah saddle club, horses lovers' club, europe, australian countryside w/ all d farms!!

5 things I would never wear:
diapers, smt that made me look eff-ae-tea, smt that made d weather unbearable, huuge hoops (earings) that my foot could go thru, clothes with vulgarities splashed loudly across it.

5 favorite tv shows:
CHARMED!!, What i like abt u, what's my line, project runway ( for d clothes not d bitching) , that's soo raven haha

5 bad habits:
i procrastinate alot... i idle alot... i dun plan my time well... not disciplined... oh and plus neumorous bad riding habits

5 biggest joys:
horses, riding, friends and family, animals (mostly mammals really), shopping (esp w/ bargaining)

5 favorite toys:
tv, computer, mp3, phone, (yeah i'm a big hit w/ technology... or rather technology's a big hit w/ me) my shelf of stuff toys

5 fictional characters I would date:
lol dno.

5 people I tag to do this:
er... does it really have to b 5?? okay basically everyone on my links :D and on my msn contacts :D

am i allowed to add more qs?? nway here's what i'd like 2 add:

5 things i would like to do most/ achieve:
ride better, get rid of all my bad habits, achieve what i said i'd do w/ a million bucks (aforementioned), actually fall in love?? haha, oh and when i die i'd like 2 say that there nth about my life i'd want 2 change

3 things abt my life i would like to change:
that i'd started riding earlier. lol nth else

5 things i could never live without:
my friends and family!! ,horses, riding, a phone, life

the end :D

|`kath| 8:11 AM|

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Monday, November 14, 2005

• Yijun Chun Fei Nat Dawn Jun Caro and me plus Yijun's parents (Mr chew and Auntie Kakee) and Nat's dad
• On d plane there we sat right at d bk of d plane
• and chun made frens w/ some ahpek ppl ( one told her his life story -- stroke and paralysis and etc)
• On d 1st day there was an EXTREMELY SWEEET liver chestnut pony in d arena nearest d ponies' stables. walked in cuz it's a shortcut and d pony followed me ard a arena even though she had hay in d arena and i wasn't holding any treats at all. :D really really kwl experience.
• The horses r HUGE and PRETTY
• Instuctors were KYRA: a 21 yr old advanced level dressage rider and MAREE: d NATIONAL THAI showjumping coach
• There was a puppy named Beam and every one juz DOTES on him! he's THAT cute
• Tons of other stray dogs there
• They have PALOMINOES!!! :D
• There was a Grande Pre rider from austria there: Mr edmund aka yijun, kyra and marina's instructor. likes 2 use funny terms such as "OOT-side canter " 4 a counter canter and "Leeteel (little ) Bergarde" (german. pronounced BAR-gaRR- dayy) 4 a half halt. quite amusing.
• CHUN, FEI, DAWN, JUN, NAT, YIJUN & CARO GAVE ME A SURPIRISE BIRTHDAY!!! Stables was right next door to famous bangkok dreamworld theme park
• Managed to escaped from d VAST VAST mosquito poppulation w/out falling prey 2 dengue ;)
• there's a little coke stand which sells coke in GLASS BOTTLES!! soo quaint
• Dawn told me that dressage in french is pronounced as TCHWESSAZHE! soo kwl ;)
• Learn a bit more thai and f-language :) lol and u guys... i'm still not over d novelty of it haha

D Birthday Surprise :D:D:D

It somehow happened 2 b on d same day as d BBQ (was it a coincidence u guys?? ) lol really really really NICE SURPRISE!! In d morning only dawn and caro wished my happy birthday and i thot d rest had 4gotten. then they were whspering abt it all thorugh dinner and BLUR me didn't even suspect or notice a thing. then they all PURPOSELY pretended to like playing outside d clubhouse (where we had dinner) and being eaten alive by d mosquitoes. Played horse and rider outside in d carpark 4 a while. Nat, Chun and YiJun were d horses and Caro was nat's rider, Jun was Chun's and I was yijun's. Dawn was sandra (long hair) and fei was sue (short hair) haha. we all had a BLAST playing. Of course d horses all bolted and us riders fell alot. haha i fell a record no of THREE TIMES!!! haha my 1st fall off a horse :D Dawn kept trying to make them slow down by doing sandra's "heyyy-ho" sound which made it soo funny haha. Fei even had 2 "school"... er... nat i think it was juz HILARIOUS. d "instructors" also tried to lunge nat but she tangled up d lunge line on d carpark pillar haha. Yijun even took jun on a jumping lesson over pretend jumps which were HUGE!!! haha then they dragged me in and i saw d BIGG cake!! surrounded by all d dry ice and all!!! Lol I WAS SOO SHOCKED!!! d cake was a swensens ice cream cake (which i had a hard time cutting haha) then they even presented me w/ a PRESENT!!! a horse statuette (which is now on my shelf) and Horse mug ( which now holds my morning milo or tea )

THANKS YOU GUYS!!!!!! IT WAS D BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!

oh and after d song mr edmund came over and said in his accent: "2morrow u have a free lesson. with ME" and he gave this scary grin!! lol and i nearly died of a heart attack then cuz i thought he was seroius!!! hahaha

Horses/ponies rode:

Good Luck:
HUUGE chestnut gelding who likes anyone who gives him sugar cudes carrots or apples. was once an excellent dressage horse but had a leg injury and is recovering. walk and trot is VERY VERY VERY smooth!!!! He's stiff in corners, turns and circles cuz his right leg was hurt. gotta use alotta left leg to get him out onto d track. canter is very STIFF. esp on d right rein

Georgie:
liver chestnut pony-mare who followed me around <3!! during my 1st lesson on her, she behaved like patch 4 d 1st 5 mins so i borrowed kyra's whip and tapped her. she was all right after that. walk and trot is quite nice. trot gets a tad fast smt so u have to bergarde haha. canter is VERY VERY fast!!! and SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE!!! d 1st time i cantered her kyra was like "okay u guys. turn into d centre and let's let kathleen and her little rocket have d 1st canter" !!!! she basically bolts whenever u give d canter aid. Maree said d speed was ok but d others all said we were going racehorse fast!! haha.

Feliciano:
(Pronouced fee-LEE- si- ah-no)
Very nice chestnut gelding. abt 18~19 hh. even bigger than GoodLuck. Likes to stick his tougue out of his mouth when someone is riding him. it looks VERY VERY CUTTEEE!! ( but unfortunately is classified as a bad habit in d dressage arena :( ) Like 2 go near d fence and ends up scratching ur boots and jophurs on d fence line. HE GOT A HOLE IN MY JOPHURS DOING THAT!!! and it was my FAV FAV FAV pair toooo :( moans. gaits are very very smooth like GoodLuck's. canter is EXCELLNT!!! BIT MY THUMB!!!! it's blue-blacked now :( .

Joker:
Gray pony- STALLION!! however he's not a Stallion-stallion type but more of an OLD COOT of a stallion. EXTREMELY EXTREMELY LAZY. dno how kyra rides him 4 elementry dressage test. Needs alot of seat and leg and whip to get him going... but he has nice eyes!! haha and is terribly photogenic. gets really grumpy when approached. Walk and trot are very slow but can get nice. canter is very smooth!!! but slow. feels VERY VERY nice in 2-pt position aka jumping position.

Only You:
Dark chestnut Mare. also a showjumper. needs a little thwack here and there but otherwise ok. Very hard to get on d bit. not nice w/ side reins cuz she pulls down on ur hands which is terribly irritating. Very hard to get into canter from trot. Bucks when whipped juz b4 going into canter. Canter is very smooth!!

KumRai:
EXTREMELY SMALL Chestnut pony w/ 4 white socks which makes him look kinda pinto-ish. rode him 4 jumping. anticipates jumps and seems to walk trot and canter v fast but it's actually okay (cuz of his length of leg u c) does not work well with short reins. not easy to halt from trot. also anticipates canter alot. all one has to do is do sitting trot and he zooms off into canter. u dun even have to give d canter aid. canter may seem a bit fast but it's quite ok. EXTREMELY EXTREMELY SMOOOTH!!! FANTASTIC JUMPER!!! :D:D:D
however tends to refuse d jump somtimes and runs out on d left.

lol okay i think this is a long enough entry... haha ok byeeee

|`kath| 1:26 PM|

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Saturday, November 05, 2005



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