thanks for the quick response. Great to have an exchange like this. By school essentials i was referring to expenses to be borne by parents at the beginning of the year not including the monthly living expenses.. Just do a survey on how much is the cost of the basic minimal expenses: three pairs of shirts, trousers, two pairs of shoes, add in RM100 compulsory computer fees donation to the school, school text books, school work books, exercise books, school administrative expenses n what nots n the school fees, you will see the figure is not small. this is in no way encompassing the living expenses just the basic fees. of course other expenses are still recurring and separate of these once in a year expenses

please add up the costs of text books, work books , uniforms, shoes, compulsory RM100 computer fee donation, school fees, exercise books etc etc etc and u have a huge figure. of course there are other figures not factored in or indirectly related to Benghui. as it is, average monthly fees directly linked to Benghui paid to others for services rendered is already about RM600.00.

At the end, we still have many choices.

i know

these are just groceries things jus cost more nowadays