The Alternative Story (TAS) - Discussion

[The Alternative Story]

Hi parents (interested in AMK location),


We thought we better clarify something here before there
is further discussion on this topic. Our lease for Yishun
only expires somewhere in the first half of next year (2011).

Only if we find a really good location, then we would confirm
that location and get it first. As our lease is not up, we do
not need to hurry to get another location. So only if we find
a very good location, then we would settle on it and only then
can we let you know if we have confirmed the place.

For parents asking if the AMK place is near the mrt, the place
we are looking at is, however as we have not confirmed
anything, we would advise you not to take it as a given
that we are taking that place.

TAS

[hquek]

hi TAS,


Thanks much for your updates. Hope you didn’t mind me making my own wishes out loud. It’s definitely your perogative where you want to open your branches.

Still trying to find time so I can arrange a time for DS1 to have trial lesson at TAS. Will call your number once I can find the time.

Good luck with finding a suitable location!

Cheers.

[wywy2]

Hi TAS,


I agree with hquek, all the best for finding a good location!! For myself, I do not mind even if you are still in yishun. But I would also like you to know in case you are wondering if moving to amk is a good idea in the light of your yishun customers, I think if your location is near amk mrt, then it should be very good even for yishun kids as it is near the mrt and very convenient. Hoping you would really be able to find a centre at the amk hub area. And thank you for keeping us in the loop so we can also plan accordingly. :celebrate:

[quirkymum]

Hi TAS,


I am really delighted to hear the good news! I have signed up for your holiday programmes at yishun and was studying the map to make sure I dont get lost. Then I saw you are considering Ang Mo Kio. I am so happy about it!! However, if you are unable to find one and in the end stay at Yishun, that is really fine too. But just want to say 'jia you' in your search

[LLTan]

The Alternative Story:

Hi LLTan,

Thank you for your feedback We can assess your child and
make some recommendation after that. Alternatively, if your
child catches up very fast and progresses beyond the peers
in his group, we will also make a recommendation to get him
to go to a more advanced class.

TAS

Hi TAS,

Thank you! I will get in touch with you soon regarding this. By the way, can I get 10 copies of your creative writing book when I bring my child down for assessment, you still have copies left?

By the way, your bukit timah branch is next to By His Grace maid agency right?

[stetan]

Oh...please do not move away from Yishun....it will be very inconveniently for me even if you are beside AMK mrt.


If you do have the intention to do so, please do inform us early as we may have to make alternative decisions.

The Alternative Story:

Hi parents,

We have had several inquiries on whether we are starting a new branch
in AMK. We are not starting a new branch. We are looking for a
location for our Yishun branch as our lease for our centre at Yishun
expires next year. We have not been able to find a suitable location
in Yishun and hence started looking at the AMK area. We have found
a suitable location there but it is not confirmed that we are moving there
yet. We will post up the information once anything is confirmed.

If we do move to AMK, it means that we will still have 3 branches, not
4: AMK/Yishun (either 1), Bukit Timah and Paya Lebar

TAS

[The Alternative Story]

Hi hquek, wywy2, quirkymum and LLtan,


Thank you for your encouragement in our search for a bigger place.
:lol:

We are in the midst of finalizing everything and we can probably let
you and other parents know through our website and our thread
at the markertplace at ksp forum in about 2 -3 weeks the
details of our confirmed location.

Right now, there is a very high possibility that we will move
to Ang Mo Kio central. (Only if some HDB approval for the
unit to be used as a tuition centre issue is not settled then
we would have to look for another place)

We will also open more classes there as the classrooms there
will be slightly bigger and so we can take in more students.

Once things are more or less confirmed, we will also post up
the new classes available at the North branch on our
website.

TAS

[The Alternative Story]

stetan:

Oh...please do not move away from Yishun....it will be very inconveniently for me even if you are beside AMK mrt.


If you do have the intention to do so, please do inform us early as we may have to make alternative decisions.

Hi stetan,

Really sorry about this, we have tried to look in different parts of
Yishun for another place (Central, Chong Pang etc). However,
many of the units are either too small or too expensive. Hence,
we had no choice but to look at the Ang Mo Kio area.

We have started to inform our parents of this. Tentatively, we will
move earliest at the end of January (2011) or latest the beginning
of March (2011).

Our lease is actually not up for a few more months. However, since
we found an ideal unit available, we decided to get it first and so we
are moving our centre earlier than expected.
However, no matter what, we needed to move out of that unit in
Yishun Ave 11 as it has gotten too small for us.

We will post up the information of our new centre's location and
address on our website and on the ksp forum in 2-3 weeks time.
However, while our move to Ang Mo Kio is highly probable, we
cannot guarantee it as we still are in the midst of finalizing some
details.

TAS

[jasmineong]

The Alternative Story:

Hi hquek, wywy2, quirkymum and LLtan,


Thank you for your encouragement in our search for a bigger place.
:lol:

We are in the midst of finalizing everything and we can probably let
you and other parents know through our website and our thread
at the markertplace at ksp forum in about 2 -3 weeks the
details of our confirmed location.

Right now, there is a very high possibility that we will move
to Ang Mo Kio central. (Only if some HDB approval for the
unit to be used as a tuition centre issue is not settled then
we would have to look for another place)

We will also open more classes there as the classrooms there
will be slightly bigger and so we can take in more students.

Once things are more or less confirmed, we will also post up
the new classes available at the North branch on our
website.

TAS

Thanks for the update! Really happy to hear this news :love:

I'm sure this location would be much better if its confirmed as it is really very central.

[php]

The Alternative Story:

stetan:

Oh...please do not move away from Yishun....it will be very inconveniently for me even if you are beside AMK mrt.


If you do have the intention to do so, please do inform us early as we may have to make alternative decisions.

Hi stetan,

Really sorry about this, we have tried to look in different parts of
Yishun for another place (Central, Chong Pang etc). However,
many of the units are either too small or too expensive. Hence,
we had no choice but to look at the Ang Mo Kio area.

We have started to inform our parents of this. Tentatively, we will
move earliest at the end of January (2011) or latest the beginning
of March (2011).

Our lease is actually not up for a few more months. However, since
we found an ideal unit available, we decided to get it first and so we
are moving our centre earlier than expected.
However, no matter what, we needed to move out of that unit in
Yishun Ave 11 as it has gotten too small for us.

We will post up the information of our new centre's location and
address on our website and on the ksp forum in 2-3 weeks time.
However, while our move to Ang Mo Kio is highly probable, we
cannot guarantee it as we still are in the midst of finalizing some
details.

TAS

Hi TAS

I am just curious, did you ever consider keeping your existing Yishun branch and expand your operation by shifting your office to AMK? remember your initial supporters are from Yishun...