Saturday, January 29, 2005

I missed riding..especially at a time like this when i'm so mad i cant even think..when i juz wanna kick some asses or punch some faces(his come to mind..)..or..i juz wanna ride again..i missed riding horses..or what i called 'my' horse-Ocean Jupiter even though he's paid n rightfully belonged to someone else at the BUkit Timah Saddle CLub..

First time i learn how to ride,i rode on OJ..he was a 'wild' one n i Lurvve him..he was a racehorse once but he had some injuries n 'retire' to BTSC..Hillary,my trainer then called him a 'pighead' coz he has a mind of his own n follows his own rules..so cool ritez,for a horse tat is..i got to ride him from the start,earlier than the rest coz he cant bear to be walked from the stable to the training area..i 4got wat it was called..At first, was feelin v.jittery coz i'm pretty scared of heights and he is a big,tall horse..almost as tall as a stallion i tink..wow..Anyway,he got thick dark brown hairs and a funny mark on the neck if i remembered correctly..then there was the 'number' that was "burnt" onto him with a metal rod so he could be identified..sounds cruel but thats the SOP i tink..

Anyway, we learnt how to walk besides the horse..ppl must always stand on the right side of the horse n must not be too near to their butts or we'll get kicked..its coz the horse eyes have a blind spot n cant see beyond its butt..so it'll start kicking if it senses anythin near its butts..n we learnt that horses cannot be lined up besides each other or they'll start kicking too..so cool..i lurve horses..especially ocean jupiter..i was quite sad that teh following lessons i didnt get to have him coz he was either in a bad mood, or he's being taken up by another class or was juz takin a rest for the day..but he left a HUGE impression on me..Durin my ride with him, he went all jumpy suddenly and started to stand on his two hind legs..so i was like suspendin in mid-air on him ar like performin a circus stunt or something..the trainer's back was to me so she couldnt see whats goin on..so i had to save my own life basically..somehow,i juz pulled the reins juz enuf so that it wont hurt him but it'll also calmed him down..n it worked..yay!..juz in time for her to turn ard n go 'what happened?must be a fly biting his stomach or somethin..i dunno how u did that,but gd job anyway' *pleased*..i juz turned a cowgirl for that moment..

Anyway,i missed riding..when u ride,its like everythin else melts away..its only u n the horse n Mother nature surrounding u..juz to feel the beat of the horse trotting along is soothin enuf..to feel it gallop will be like 'whoa,there goes everything' n juz feel the worries of life literally FLY away with every gallop of the horse..aww,i missed riding..

My dream after that riding coursewas to have an island all by myself n set up stables all over..i mean, i can juz import the horses(i want the horses to be those retired from the turf club,esp after i learnt that They put down 5000 injured/unable to race-horses a year as claimed by the trainer)..wont it be cool..juz stables everywhere n green fields all around for the horses to roam..maybe can set up a horse-training school(it WONT be expensive like the BTSC) n it'll cater to the COmmunity instead of rich foreigners who may have a horse or not back in their home country..*dreams*..But that means i must be HUGELY,SUPERBLY rich like donald trump ...come to tink of it, isnt singapore openin its islands up for sale?..or is it some other islands overseas..the one thats shaped like a mini world map..wow..ok,now where do i get the money part to buy the island..when now i dun even haf enuf to buy a discman..OoOh..

I want a horse..i want Ocean jupiter rather..
i want an island,so i can haf him n his friends on it to roam freely too..
i want an island made of stables so i can ride on Ocean Jupiter n roam far far away..n yet,i know i'll still be home..wif no worries *dreams*


Siti Nuraishah :+: Landed On :+: Saturday, January 29, 2005

12th October 1985