Mr. Big's company has a summer camp for a month at the RBA (Royal Brunei Airlines) club. That's 4 weeks of swimming, small fieldtrips, and other fun stuff. Most of her friends in school are joining as well, so she's very excited about it. Plus, once a week she'll have art class and ballet.
The summer camp costs almost nothing, but the art and ballet classes are surprisingly very pricey. It costs about USD 50 a month for 4 lessons in art class. In Korea, we paid about USD 100 for 20 lessons a month plus they pick the kids up and bring them back home for free. Same thing for ballet. It costs about USD 65 a month for 4 lessons. In Korea, we paid about USD 85 for 12 lessons! And again, the school bus is included.
Considering how most necessities (water, petrol, food, electricity) are way cheaper here than in Korea, we really didn't expect to pay this much. My guess is it's because there isn't enough competition around. There are only 2 ballet schools to choose from and the art school is probably the only genuine one here.
Big girl really loves making art and dancing ballet though. She actually wants to go to these classes more than once a week! We'll see, but I guess, we really don't have a choice. As the Visa commercial goes:
Art class: 50 dollars
Ballet class: 65 dollars
Driver: 100 dollars
Big Girl's happy face: Priceless!
Big Girl when she was 3 years old
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