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BEYOND HORIZONS. O/S Karl Steven Ducasi watches horizons from the deck of a ship, a place he bent over backwards to be in.
Echoes of a Calm Sea PHOTOS AND WRITTEN BY O/S KARL STEVEN MARCELO DUCASI
Plain. Simple. Ordinary.
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f I would look for a perfect description for myself before I entered the portals of John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Arevalo, those three words above would come to mind.
Bearing the pressure, coming from an average family, I have nothing in mind but dreams that are yet to be fulfilled. JBLFMU-A is one of the prominent and known universities in Iloilo. Here, young men and women come together to fulfill their dreams of becoming a seafarer. Unlike those who actually want to become seafarers— to cross the vast seas and travel to different continents —I enrolled at the university halfheartedly because deep inside me, I wanted to become a business man. With much thought, I pursued a course which was far from what I had wanted—bearing the pressure of not disappointing my parents.
The DOLPHIN | NOVEMBER 2021
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