My boy is in pri 4 this year. Used to have a 1 to 1 sch teacher tutor ($50/hr) but he failed terribly. However, this year we enrolled him to Just Education and he managed to score 80+ in SA1 & full marks in CA2. The math tutor, Mrs Chai managed to get his attention and the tuition fees are reasonable at only $120/mth for 2 hours per session.

My boy (Pri 3 in 2014) is hooked on Geronimo Stilton series. It's about a talking mouse who lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island. A best-selling author, Geronimo Stilton works as a journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodent's Gazette. The fonts are colourful and different from those usual story books. It has a good vocabulary list which the kids can read from and apply to compositions. Available from Popular bookstores islandwide.

Think all sch buses about the same standard. However, the smaller buses which costs $10-$20 more tends to send the kids home earlier than the bigger buses. The smaller buses fetches directly from below your blocks while bigger buses fetches from main roads and bus stops.

hey all,

im in seoul now… temperature is around -14 degrees and we went to the following places:

1. Jogyesa Temple
2. Hello Kitty Cafe
3. Trickeye Museum
4. Myeongdong
5. Dongdaemun - Migliore & Maxtyle
6. N Seoul Tower & Teddy Bear Museum
7. Seoul Land (with Sledding Hills)
8. Myeongdong Cathedral
9. Seoul City Hall / Seoul Plaza Ice Skating Rink
10. Cheonggyecheon Plaza / Stream
11. Insadong
12. Lotte World
13. Ttukseom Resort (Sledding Hills / Winter Activities)

Planning to go to the following places:
1. War Memorial of Korea
2. Everland
3. Gyeongbokgung / Deoksugung (for changing of royal guard duty)
4. National Folk Musem + Children Museum
5. Korean Children Snow Sledding Hills @ Children Grand Park
6. Gwanghwamun

Found Lotte World to be extremely disappointing with super long queues at rides (about 80 - 90 mins on average with some rides going on 150 mins… ) The locals there are lotte world were not friendly and were super pushy… didn’t even manage to catch the xmas parade not to say a single ride! wasted my $100!!!

Seoul Land was a great choice! Queues were so much shorter and i tink we only waited about say 5 mins max? There were much lesser ppl cuz i tink it was outdoor and pretty cold… but it was nothing less enjoyable… we had a great time there… and there was even a snow sledding hill for both adults and children… super fun and it came free!! Ttukseom Resort is another great choice for snow sledding as it was pretty near to the subway…

sunflower2005:

Hi, verykiasumummy,


Thank you for your quick replies !
Wow ! that 's not cheap man ! Is this estimate amt per pax?
If a person $1k @3 pax = $3k for 7 days !faintz

verykiasumummy:

[quote=\"sunflower2005\"]Anyone can advise me ?
How much Won do we need to bring for 7D 5night in Korea .. For basic expenses like meals and Tpt ?

if u are joining tour, u should ask which meals are provided before u calculate on that..

my calculation is :

each day :
- breakfast SGD10
- lunch SGD20
- dinner SGD30
- snack SGD10
- transport SGD15
- admission fee to places of interest SGD25

total each day is SGD110
7 days SGD770 + SGD200 for buffer or extra expenses..

the balance will from the estimate will be used to buy goodies for my relatives and friends..

[/quote]i think 3k is still quite tight cuz there will be many things ur children wld wan to buy and many things we as women like to buy and if u r bringing children to theme parks, it will easily costs about SGD40 & above for admission to Seoulland, Everland and Lotteworld. Seoul is a shopping & skincare paradise..

i'm gng seoul again during xmas. if u really really really want to save, u might be able to spend only $1.5k - $2k. i'm projecting abt $4k since im doing xmas shopping there..

sunflower2005:

Hi, verykiasumummy,


Thank you for your quick replies !
Wow ! that 's not cheap man ! Is this estimate amt per pax?
If a person $1k @3 pax = $3k for 7 days !faintz

verykiasumummy:

[quote=\"sunflower2005\"]Anyone can advise me ?
How much Won do we need to bring for 7D 5night in Korea .. For basic expenses like meals and Tpt ?

if u are joining tour, u should ask which meals are provided before u calculate on that..

my calculation is :

each day :
- breakfast SGD10
- lunch SGD20
- dinner SGD30
- snack SGD10
- transport SGD15
- admission fee to places of interest SGD25

total each day is SGD110
7 days SGD770 + SGD200 for buffer or extra expenses..

the balance will from the estimate will be used to buy goodies for my relatives and friends..

[/quote]i think 3k is still quite tight cuz there will be many things ur children wld wan to buy and many things we as women like to buy and if u r bringing children to theme parks, it will easily costs about SGD40 & above for admission to Seoulland, Everland and Lotteworld. Seoul is a shopping & skincare paradise..

i'm gng seoul again during xmas. if u really really really want to save, u might be able to spend only $1.5k - $2k. i'm projecting abt $4k since im doing xmas shopping there..

taxi to/fro seoul city ctr to airport costs about 65,000 won. how many of u going over to the seoul? If i didn't rem wrongly, the driver will help us take out the luggage so we don't have to carry them out. I think you can take a taxi from 6002 bus stop to hotel. should usually costs less than 5,000 won.


Try this website to find out more about Snow Sledding in Seoul:
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=690191

Of all, Seoulland Sledding Hills, Korean Children's Center Snow Sledding Field
& Supia Snow Sledding Field more convenient.

Seoulland Sledding Hills - near Seoul Grand Park Station
Korean Children's Center Snow Sledding Field - near Children Grand Park Station
Supia Snow Sledding Field - near Ttukseom Resort Station

car118:

Dear all,

Due to my work commitment, I always can only travel with dh n ds during non peak period. There are pros n cons to it. We had went to Seoul f&e during march. That was our first trip. Abit blur blur even till nw. When we were there end march, there were still snow in the mountain, according to the local dmz tour guide. Pple were still able to ski. So this time ,dh n I planning to go next yr end march again, but target to snow mountain. But I need advices please. Which is the good one with resort that can accommodate to my 5 yr old boy needs? Easy access from airport? To seoul again after? Itinery recommend pls?He specific said he wan to go back Korea to make snow man. In another one n half yr he will go P1, so with my wk schedule, I shall beta do this next yr. Thanks in advance.

my 7 yr old also wants to go korea n play with snow. i going in dec but wil nt be going skiiing.. instead will go snow sledding at seoulland sledding hills, supia park ttukseom resort n everland. my boy says the ski equipment r heavy n skiing looks scary so he prefers to go sledding instead. if not going skiing, u can try that out..

very kiasu mummy, if too cold take taxi also ok… taxi there super cheap… i tink they dun have peak hr surcharge…

Eh I suggest not to take the AREX… My airport transfer from Seoul Station to Incheon Airport was via the AREX. And at the AREX Incheon International Airport station, I had to lug my 25kg luggage + 10kg handcarry up the so called Travelators which was so damn long, steep & slow and they could not hold my luggage still at all!!! If I let go of my luggage, it would all have fell all the way down and hit someone!!! Imagine if you bring along a kid, are u going to hold on to ur dear luggage or dear kid? I’m not sure if they was a lift as I didn’t see one. The walk from the AREX station to the airport became long n tiring. The airport limousine bus / taxi will stop directly outside the airport so pls take the airport limousine bus instead…