After much discussion Kingsley and I went through the process to apply to become permanent residents in Singapore. Word on the street is that as of late it has become incredibly difficult to actually get PR status here and we have heard story after story of friends who have lived here for years who have applied and been denied. Supposedly the chances of acceptance increase the longer you live here. So we went through the process with the thought that it was worth a try but with no expectation of actually being approved. And then suddenly we were approved... which is fantastic for so many reasons. And a little scary for some other reasons (i.e. all boys must serve 2 years in the Singapore military).