February 21st, 2009

Great Expectation

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Zeeyau has started her dance class in a dance centre near our place. We went to the centre to take a look at their 少儿芭蕾 and 少儿民族舞 last Saturaday, and she said she wanted to join the class. The fees is 3200rmb for one class, or 4800rmb if we signed up for both sessions (2hrs every Saturday for 1yr). The charges is comparable to what we paid for back in Singapore, but somehow I think it is expensive.

The 4.8k amount is membership for 2hours session for 1 year to be paid upfront. Though Zeeyau has always shown enthusiasim in dancing (well, she is interested in everything), I am worried that 2hrs dance session might be too taxing and what if she grow tired of it after a few months. The ladies at the dance centre then told me not to worry, if she decides to drop one of the session in future, it can be transfered to me to do yoga or perhaps pick up some dance. I thought that is resonable and hence parted with the money.

I announed to James that I have signed up for the class and told him about the fexibility of using Zeeyau membership if she does decide to stop. James said never trust the Chinese marketing strategy, they will promise you anything to get the deal done. Well, sorry hor, I already paid the money already, too late.

One Response to “Great Expectation”

  1. tjm Says:

    sounds like the dance classes are good!

    i did notice that a lot of classes want us to pay upfront for the whole year. most schools here are like that too. for our kids’ normal schooling, we had to beg to be allowed to pay quarterly cos it is
    1. expensive and 2. we are also not sure how permanent our stint is

    it is quite scary to always have to part with so much money at the start right?

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