Comments on: Panic room

By: d_resurrected

d_resurrected — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:31 +0000

Manish, very kindly, shone some light on my raging yet fading blog in the post above. Mucho thanks, old bvoi. It was a nasty affair especially since I found out later that my assailant had been abused by his teacher while at boarding school; compounded by his parents' and his teachers' dismissal of his claims of abuse that had been his spiral into depression and violence. a sordid affair. yet the more I dug, i wasnt angry any more - not at myself at least or at this city. So! now that a movie was shot in my neighborhood, and the neighborhood didnt pretend to be anything but Parkdale I wanted to share it with you all. Sigh! Toronto remains this beautiful city kiss.

Engagement begins May 23. hoep to see you there.

fades to black

By: dhaavak

dhaavak — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:27:30 +0000

Excuse me for popping in - new facts - new facts to share - some of you may find it interesting to ponder the layers to the crime, the punishment and the butterfly effect.

By: RC

RC — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:42:27 +0000

Man, thats scary. The thing is that stupid criminals dont think twice before killing someone just for a couple of hundred bucks. It happens all the time to gas station clerks. Thank god you made out unharmed. (Good karma may be )

By: Deepa

Deepa — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:38:58 +0000

dhaavak, I am so glad you’re ok. Take care of yourself.

By: Puliogre in da USA

Puliogre in da USA — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:10:27 +0000

Scary….just goes to show. No good deed goes unpunished…

By: Bong Breaker

Bong Breaker — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:55:48 +0000

Wow dhaavak, that is intensely shocking. Full comments on your no-longer-boring blog.

By: Abhi

Abhi — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:42:18 +0000

Whatever, Abhi, reading Dhavaak’s blog is like being hypnotized… must….read….more….

That’s what I like about you Canadians. You always stick together

By: Rupa

Rupa — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:42:06 +0000

I just read your blog, Dhaavak. How traumatizing. Glad you made it out OK!

By: andrea

andrea — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:09:33 +0000

Glad you are okay! Reading the blog, the story DID seem plausible. I have been in a similar situation, but it turned out to be legitimate (and I wouldn't have given her a ride if she hadn't been female and my size) ...

You never really know who you can trust, but you don't want to live your life in fear... how do you balance it ??

By: GujuDude

GujuDude — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:08:23 +0000

Good to hear that you're ok. Listening to your instinct and looking for signs, and verbally putting yourself in an assertive position is the best way to avoid these unfortunate situations. That cell phone things is great, too. Many people seem to get the picture when you wave it and start dialing '911' out (or even threat to do so).

I recently took a self defense course titled FAST DEFENSE, that particularly deals with how one should deter an attack via assertive body language and speech, and if one escalates, how to use basic gross motor movements (while controling your own fear and adrenaline rush) to defend yourself, disengage, and get help.

It's a pretty good system. It gets as close to the scenario as one can in simulating real assualts (verbal or physical).

If a group is offering this in the area, you may want to check it out. It came highly recommended to me from some former Marines, and it definitely fulfilled those expecations, and more.