come on WINDY! gallop!

we went for horse riding at some far away land. haha it took us about an hour to get there. first we met in the morning at 0630 to travel down to the city from home. then we caught a train from spencer station to go to WALLAN station. that was the third stop along the trail but it took us more than 1/2 hr. yitming didnt sleep for the whole night because he was still having exams, and he stayed up to study. so he had a rest on the train. after that, someone picked us up with a landrover from the train station to the horse riding area.

when we reached there we expected them to have the horses ready for us to ride. but they were still feeding them and brushing their fur. haii... we were suppose to start riding at 0930 sharp but ended up starting only at around 1030. but while waiting for them to get things ready, there was this cute little black puppy called 'tencil', not quite sure how to spell it, and we played with it for the time being. its totally adorable. the owner said its only 7 weeks old, and we can see that it couldnt even walk properly yet. it was hobbling behind its owner all around the place. awww sooo cute!

then finally the horse were all set to go. we were first asked how many times we've ridden, so that we can be paired up with the most appropriate horse. layleng was the more experienced rider among us so she got on the naughtiest one. wahaha! it was called punky, cool name eh? that person there thought i was nervous and is my first time riding the horse, so he chose WINDY for me. he said, " its 16 yrs old, dun worry it will go slow" and indeed it went very slow. it refused to move even when i kicked it. =( so along the course, we started off only at a walking speed, and only when we got more used to the horse did we had some faster trots. we had some chats with the ranchers and we found out that the whole piece of land they have is actually 500 acres!!! the first thing that came to my mind was...: hmmm how can we ever find such a big piece of open sapce in singapore. never! hahaha. the whole ride was 3hours but we had a short break after about 1hr40min ride. when we got off from the horse during the break, my legs were a little wobbly. haha we all had to stretch a bit before getting on with next part of the course, or we'll probably have serious cramps.

oh! and WINDY was so clever. when it was nearing noon, when the sun was blazing, flies began to surround us. there was so many of them attacking its head that it couldnt travel properly. it kept on shaking its head and sweeping its tail. as usual windy was at the end of the seven horses that travelled together, but this time it was really tagging along way behind the rest. then suddenly it trotted on faster and caught up with the horse in front. the way it prevented the flies from coming any closer was to stuck its head near the butt of the horse in front, so that the tail can sweep away the flies from its head. clever right?! hahaha! but i was wondering wad will happen if the other horse start to release some things from its butt. =P

but anyway it was really fun! and a great experience as well. im going to go back there again next year! must bring cheche, doggie n samsam there also. =)

not many days left before i leave melb. hmm where else shall i go... AH this reminds me that the day before i leave, i'll be getting back my results! oh no... =S