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A Dashed Dream Part II
Posted by kanitra | Filed under Uncategorized
Nevertheless, he still had a gleam of hope for his father was a high-ranked official in the Marine Department. He though hsi father would be willing to arrange with a shipping company for the acceptance of him into their staff. It wasw proved that it was also his own wishful thinking because his father was aware of David’s results and knew no company would accept him. For this reason, he urged David to return to school and carry on with his studies until the graduation. His father said to him:” David, do learn a lesson from this experience.”
David’s dream of being a senior officer went up in the smoke. He came to know that he had to be earnest and down-to-earth.
A Dashed Dream Part I
Posted by kanitra | Filed under Personal
David was a naughty boy who had never concentrated on his studies but had frittered away his time. He wished that he would be s senior officer on board a ship when he grew up so that he could order seamen about and go round the world impressively.
When he finished Form III, he did not want to go on with his studies. He knew some of his elder brother’s friends had brought about their wishes to be seamen through the training programme of the Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.. Therefore, when the dockyard enrolled new trainees in the same programme, he went to enter his name for it, bringing the school report with him. As soon as the person in charge had a look at the report, he shook his head and told David that he was below the mark and therefore could not be admitted. He left the dockyard disappointedly.