well.... sorry to hear that but i never got beaten up in canada even though i lived there a long time. just stay in a library and do study. i am sure you will never got beaten up. ^^ you just dont' go to a place where a lot of drug activity occurs. vancouver china town is adjacent to hastings. that's you will see a lot of bums and drug addicts. :( man... any decent person will not go there at night. iLUSiON whitepolarcow@hotmail.com