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Courtesy of Google Maps, I now know that if I have 36 days, 2 hours, I could drive all the way from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in the US to Novosibirsk, Russia.

The instructions for this monumental 12, 325 mi (19,835 km) drive include the helpful directions to drive across North America to Long Wharf in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, whence you should make a 90-degree hard right turn and drive your car into the Atlantic Ocean, and subsequently obey the instructions on line 61, which is to “Swim across the Atlantic Ocean” for 3,462 mi (5,572 km) to the Terminal Grande-Bretagne in Le Havre, France.

Whence you should promptly plonk your amphibious vehicle (or unload it from the raft set asail from the New World) and proceed along the N15 highway to your final destination in Russia.

I. want. that. amphibious. car.

Postscript

If there ever a reason why Singaporean students should never entirely trust driving directions from online websites, this is probably a pretty good reason why.

Again, for the record.

> Melissa here.
>
> We have spoken to Mr Yeo and will be doing a follow up story. Hping you
> could provide some comments.
>
> - A*star is coming out into the open to say what happened during their
> first exchange with you.
> Firstly, through postings on Aaron’s blog, and secondly they will be
> explaining everything on their own website soon.
> What is your reaction to these two actions.
>
> - What feedback have you received from other bloggers about A*Star posting
> the defamatory statements and the explanations on Aaron’s blog?
>
> - Also please confirm. It was your own decision to take down the original
> blog and A*Star had not asked you to do so.
As of 9 May 2005, A*STAR had considered the matter closed. Therefore I have no comments on this matter.

Paul Lauterbur, who won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, died earlier this morning.

L’oiseau rebelle and I (well, l.r. mostly) have been busy creating a new permanent page on this blog. I’m glad to say that we’ve finally collected enough information to actually show it in public without major embarrassment.

Without the aid of a safety net, please feel free to peruse our Incomplete Guide to Financial Aid for Singaporeans. We’ve pooled together what we know about free money - yes, no strings attached - earmarked for the sole purpose of giving Singaporeans¹ the opportunity to study abroad.

If you want to study overseas but feel that Singapore scholarships are not your thing, and you need funding to go on anyway, this resource is for you. Please make full use of it!

As of right now we’re mostly limited to information about studying science and math in the United States, being the kind of thing the two of us are the most familiar with, but we hope that readers will be able to contribute what they know as well. Please please please, if you have any information that we’ve left out on the page, please leave a comment there or post on the forum, or email me.

Disclaimers

1. While we strive to keep our information as accurate as possible, we make no claim as to the accuracy of the information contained on in our guide and any of the links from our pages. We are not responsible for your application for financial aid. Use at your own risk. Always verify the information on this page directly with the relevant sponsors.
2. We do not give financial aid, nor do we provide specific advice on individual cases. We however encourage discussion of the available information.
3. We provide little or no information on actually applying to these foreign institutions. Visitors seeking such information are encouraged to look elsewhere.

1. And some other nationalities as well, depending on specific scholarships.↩