Flying Made

Regarding my previous posts about my russian experience, Russi@XP has been kind enough to point out some facts that I didn't know. Here is what Russi@XP posted:

Hey man,

Just randomly came to your blog...what you drank is called Kwas. Its the national drink of russia (people think Vodka is) and the dolls are called Matrioshka (made of wood).
I totally agree on the food thing, have had some hard times here. I miss my spicy food.
cheers,
Shashaank

Anyways, today I went to Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) regarding my Permanent Resident (PR) application. I came there around 1 pm and were done with my paper work about 5 pm. Gosh... It took half of my day, but I think it was worth spending.

I guess ICA is one of the government's busiest offices. For PR section alone, according to my rough estimation, 100-300 people will come each day. That's pretty amazing. Say 100 applicants per day, in one-working week, Singapore will have 500 new PRs, and in one working month, it's gonna be 2000 PRs. Then, in 2000 weeks (38.5 years) the number of Singapore PR will be as much as the number Singapore's current population.

Haha... that was just my wild guest. Still didn't consider the mortality rate and the rate of people giving up their PR-ship. Is there anyone out there now the reasons why government provide PR scheme for foreigners? I'm not quite sure about this. I notice that Australia, HK and some countries have PR scheme also. I'm not sure with my country, Indonesia, though.