When I was 12, I left school to get a job. Eight years later I signed on as a steward aboard a passenger ship, and for the next four years, I sailed between the Netherlands and the United States.
रॉटरडैम वापस आने पर, मैं ज़मीन पर काम तलाशने लगा क्योंकि समुंदर की ज़िंदगी जोखिम - भरी लगने लगी थी ।