Online friend detained by checkpoints-scam

Believe it or not, this is happening to me as well. Those nigerian scammers are way too good in this.

The get some good imposers, to steal photos of people around and then, try to be friend with you.

Once they get the flow, they will pretend to visit you and then, said they are being detained at the immigration check point for reason that is they brought in more than 110k USD into the country and failed to declare it.

Panic and lost for awhile, asked the name and the ID of the officer who call, because real officers would never mind of revealing their name and Id for people to verify at the web or by call. Suspected something amiss, called the nearest police station, and they said, 100% is a scam and do not do any transaction, because even if they were to ask the detainee to pay fine, they can do it themselves, because they have valid cash, and more importantly, officers would not call from mobile phone for official matter. They will call from their registered official line, and they will allow the detainee to seek for help, because it is their right to do so.

Totally stunned, and could not believe myself that I had been scammed, but such m*therf*cker, and they are d*mn good in acting like a genuine person who wishes to visit you from afar.

1. They will befriend you, and try to take time to gain your trust.
2. Once they know you had lower your guard, and trust them, they will try to give you a reason that they will be visiting somewhere nearby, and can pitstop at your country to visit.
3. Thinking that is quite genuine and nothing fishy, they will then plot their scam by saying that their visit to your country is being stopped.
4. Most of the reason they use is bringing in more than 10K USD into the country. Declare it, and you'll be ok, but they will say the person failed to declare and now in detention. Imposer -Officers from the department will call and say will need to pay a fine, to release the person and the belongings.
5. The imposer-officer will be very rude, and not providing any information at  all. (those real cases, the officer are require to tell it clearly of what had happened, if not, when it involved court case, the officer will be at fault because of failure to inform)
6. The friend of mine, is not allowed to call, to talk, and all sort of communication had been confiscated. (The police officer told me, that immigration officer can only start investigate and confiscate items that is not allow, personal belonging is still allowed for the person at check point. The real police officers also highlight to me that, no custom immigration is allow to have bank transfer into personal account. It should be via documentation at the counter, and then to pay to the custom department)
7. After much panic, and released that I myself had been conned, I am relief that at least I did not respond by transferring the money (because I do not have that much), and also knowing that these online friends are quite b*ll-shit.

Ragnarok - Poring

While walking to find Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall, we bumped into these four cute porings! These porings brought back a lot of memories on the Ragnarok RPG online game. From starting as novice to have the 'Priestess" character to reincarnate to become "High-Priestess"... It was totally mesmerizing. It will be great if they showcase angeling~RO miniboss. 

It was more than a decade ago... and now they have launch Ragnarok2. 

Meanwhile, thought it will be fun to have a panoramic picture taken for 4 of us near the Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall walkway. 

Charlie Brown Cafe at Taichung

An accidental discovery of Charlie Brown Cafe at Taichung. When we alighted at ChaoMa from our bus; we intended to search for a connecting public transport to FengJia. However, when we were walking towards the bus stop, we passed by this cafe~ Charlie Brown Cafe. Just that we thought it will be our first pit-stop, we walked into the cafe for a short break.

 The Charlie Brown Cafe front view

The restroom is well-equipped with drawings, and me too, done what tourist will do~ 

 Two large snoopy plushy for visitors to take photos with them... and the one wearing a brown shirt is actually "the captain".

 You can have customised drawings of "Charlie Brown, Snoopy, or Woodstock"

  

The interior front counter.

We had the waffle to share, as we do not wish to stuffed too much to our stomach (we intended to grab more food at the Fengjia Night Market)

Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf-淡水渔人码头

Wanted to post in more throwback of the recent Taiwan trip.

Went to TamSui Fisherman's Wharf for it famous "Lover's Bridge" and for a ferry ride to watch the sunset view. Although the sunset view is slightly disappointing due to the gloomy and cloudy weather, it is still better than rainy day.

 Captured the 'Lover's Bridge" picture, before it is getting dark~

 The "Lover's Bridge" with 7 colors combination~ You will be able to capture the changing color when it is fully dark~

 Took a horizontal panorama picture when the colors were changing~

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Project Gutenberg (HK Film) 2018 - 無雙

One of the highly recommended Hong Kong film this year.

Starred by Aaron Kwok and Chow Yun-fat, this movie will takes you to a different thought of how counterfeit being handled, process, and even the mastermind of it. Every minute of the movie is worth for one to buy for a seat to watch in the cinema.

Great plot, with some unexpected story-line, and this movie focused heavily on the character played by Aaron Kwok, as one of the arrested member for a money counterfeit organization under the leadership of "Painter" played by Chow Yun-fat. A 130minute movie, must watch in the original voice-Cantonese version. Personally, this movie worth 4.5 stars out of 5 stars. 👍👍👍👍

You can watch the trailer here : Project Gutenberg (無雙).

Official film poster here.

Trip to Taiwan: Cing Jing Farm

There is always an excitement when visiting Foreign Country, especially for your own leisure trip.

Always looking for a chance to rewind, as this could help to recharge, and to rebuilt exhausted mind, and soul.

Jump shot at Cing Jing Farm (清境農場).

Did not manage to see Alpaca, only to see some sheep.

Leisure arrangement for our Cing Jing farm trip. We had our charter car driver to drive us up from Taichung city centre to Cing Jing. Foggy and chilly uphill too. 

Took a photo while walking up to the only available 7-11 store for a hot soupy meal. Sadly, it was all sold out, and we could only grab some instant noodles, and hot dogs to warm our tummy.

You can refer more about Cing Jing here.