"don't fold your arms like that! no-confidence look..."

don't say anything bite bite bite your tongue...

"sit up straight... don't slouch... look smart!"
"put your hands in your pockets..."

bite bite remember to smile bite your tongue no it's actually your lower lip bite your tongue's just a figure of speech ouch...

"put your hands in your pocket... yes... like that..."

ouch my tongue no it's lip ouch my remember to smile lip hurts ouch...

thanks to dear momma's grooming lesson and my steel-willed resolve (as seen in my attempt at recreating my stream of consciousness above) not to make a scene on the car on the way to dinner...
i can feel the skin on my nether lip fraying now..
seeds of an ulcer...

oh well...
remember to smile... mother means best...

there's nothing much else to say...

oh yes singapore makes the biggest and longest lanterns...
wow i'm so proud...
whee...

add this to the longest otah...

can we please find some other more prestigious record to set...?