Lifer

P: On Saturday, Sandy and I joined a loooong queue of fellow immigrants looking to apply for, or in our case renew, Singapore permanent residency. We've been here for five years now and our PR is about to expire. After three hours of sodukoing, pulling funny faces at unsuspecting babies and counting just how many hairclips a mainland Chinese girl can employ to pull her hair back, our number finally flashed on the screen and we presented ourselves to the immigration official. Not five minutes later we had a stamp for another 10 years each! It pains me think back to those post-university days working in Malaysia without an employment pass or any form of security and making endless visa runs to Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. Now we're here for another 10 years! Jeez, I'll be 31 and Sandy 28 when we next need pay immigration a visit. Not.