When did you apply again? Refresh my old remembery...
Keep in mind this: In as little as 2 years from the time they grant your PR (and they will), you can apply for citizenship. That process (from what I hear) is pretty quick. Benefits? You can vote; you can apply for a blue passport that may give you freer movement, etc.
You can leave if there is an emergency. Generally it's only a problem at the border. As long as you can cross, you're ok. Don't stay out for more than 30 days.
On the brighter side: on father's day, my son, my dad and I worked my car's electrical. What's a father-son-grandson event like that, without the obligatory electrical fire? Yup, smoke curling over the engine within 5 minutes. Good times
EDIT: It wasn't a terrible burn -- it was contained to the starter motor. The brushes fused to the armature. Makes for an easy diagnosis and has long since been fixed
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