Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

I took an adventure night listening to stories of meeting scams. I'm sure everyone might have encountered scams at least once in a lifetime since we all get so many "junk" and "not-seem-to-be-scams" emails. Nevertheless con artists still find their own ways to "cheat" and "locate" a target. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of people, con artists have a strong will, and can survive after trying one target over another and over another. They can lie about being penniless and ask for a meal from a stranger on the street, or beg for a ticket home where is 20 hours away, or even lure a foreigner to a restaurant, charging him a handsome amount of money. Bravo! Young and attractive looking women are always the key to success. Beauty is the weakness to many men. I received a few emails from friends who told me that they were having difficulty and needed cash. I could only relate the message to them bewaring these spam mails. I have never tho...

It was my first adventure to join a volunteering event through a volunteer meet up group. This time, it's a bit different as the elderly have suicidal thoughts. I went through a simple training with the others and be prepared for this different experience. The social worker warned us to let them know if we felt uncomfortable after the visits. We're a group of 3, all come from the meet up group without any experience of encountering elderly who are so sensitive and emotionally not stable. Mind you! They are not harmful to people. They don't seem to be poor and their living conditions are not bad at all. They are just sad or depressed because of the chronic pain or loneliness they suffer. They've found themselves "useless" to society or family. We stressed that they have contributed a lot to society and many people love them. Their stories were very touching, sometimes leaving us speechless. We feel blessed to have the opportunity to visit them and at the ...