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Update to Saturday...I guess it was the hottest day yet!!! we had so  
much fun at the bbq last nite - whole animals of some sort (some  
carcasses on the spit were not identifiable...didn't eat THAT...) on  
the spit, food everywhereand so decorated...I have never seen the  
Sutra so decorated with lights and lanterns and seashells on strings  
and colored lights - really pretty. And then the dancing - we danced  
our heads off - and to think we were going to stay at the hotel and  
go to bed early! we got back to the hotel around midnight, with Jim  
driving the toaster.

Kathy-----

Saturday and hot in Malaysia!Hottest day yet...mid 90s, but the good  
news is that the humidity is staying very low during these hot sunny  
days. We started the day early with a quick grab of muffins and  
coffee in the hotel then out to stables - that 45 minute drive seems  
to be shorter and shorter every day (Not)...the horses are all  
nickering at us as we open the screen doors, and it's down to  
business for the day.Dewayne usually has all the horses temped and  
tick checked by the time we get there, as well as their morning feed  
and their pens all ready to go...he's been working really hard for  
all of us...and I understand some are getting wonderful foot massages  
from him to boot....hint, hint.Our morning workout was for a 90 - 2  
hour paced ride, with a 30 minute warm up, 1 hour trot and canter  
then another 20 minutes of cooling down - John, Cheryl and I to go  
out together, the rest to follow shortly after us. Right before we  
were to go out, word came that the King was coming to visit the  
stables, so we put our ride on hold for 30 minutes - it was getting  
hotter out, so decided to go ahead and go out on our loop when the  
King did not come - John waited to ride with Jan, and Cheryl and I  
headed out. What a great morning to ride - clear and bright - no kids  
at the village, no wildlife, no odd events - we buzzed around our  
training loop, cantering one 3 mile phase of our keyhole, then  
turning around and trotting it backwards, then around at the canter/ 
trot again - then back to the stables. Out of curiosity, we temped  
our horses when we got back at 10:30, just to see how the speed with  
the heat affected Reason and Theatric, and were pleasedthat they were  
38.3 and 38.4 without cooling - off to the wash racks and wait for  
the next batch of riders to come in...everyone is looking good and  
feeling good - Theatric's leg has cleaned up nicely, and although he  
has a patch with no hair and pink skin, it's clean and healthy  
looking - no swelling, no tenderness - he is ready to rock and roll.  
Reason and Theatric go well together out on trail. While we were  
coming in at the last turn, we ran into Christina from Columbia and  
her dad out driving the course...so we stopped and talked a bit -  
they know Theatric's full brother Tovaric (who is down in South  
America now) so we chatted a bit about Tovaric. I met Christina last  
Feb/March at the Rojeks' and she was staying with us at FITS - riding  
one of Darolyn Butler's horses at FITS.

Before lunch we tried clipping ears again - this is the last day we  
can clip with a small sedative if needed - and it is important to get  
the ears clean of long hair over here - Theatric was "pretty" good a  
week ago, but he wouldn't let me really get inside the ears, so after  
10 minutes of taking little swipes, I asked Jim to whisper in his ear  
and help us out. Well! Seems Theatric isn't into whispering - he  
needs a stronger directive - and even at that he has an opinion about  
what's going on up in atmosphere called Theatric's head. We finally  
got his ears partially clean of hair just 4 minutes before the  
stables closed for the noon siesta. After lunch, Meg and Cheryl took  
the bull by the horns and decided to try a local hair dresser to get  
their hair cut - short, short....some of us went to the beach - I  
finally remembered to bring a bathing suit with me to the barns.  
Flavia, Jim, Deb and I hit the water - swimming in the South China  
Sea, what a rush/blast! the water was azure blue today, with gentle  
waves - and we had a blast. Back to the stables and hand walk the  
horses for an hour, then we took the afternoon off - we have another  
party tonight (bbq at the Sutra) which doesn't start until 8pm, so we  
are resting and relaxing before a late night out.

I'm maneuvering the toaster around like a pro...passing on the left  
and right, squeezing through little spaces and speeding off (well, it  
only can get to 80km per hour, so not so speedy) at intersections.  
Driving it is a blast. Driving on the opposite side of the road has  
come back to me pretty quickly. I'll probably have trouble when I get  
home remembering to drive "correctly"That's it for now...I really  
wasn't going to go to the party tonight - I was going to call it an  
early evening and catch up on sleep - but Ruiz (from Portugal) has  
promised me a "gift" that he brought from Portugal and will only give  
it to me if I come to the BBQ - and I'm thinking it's a bottle of  
Portugese wine, so I'm going to accept the gift (!) - hey! you can't  
pass up a good bottle of wine around here!! I'm sure I will have  
tales to tell after the party.

Kathy


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