Page 22 - ILIAS ATHANASIADIS AKA RO1

The story was his father went to the army for a war and soon he was
coming home and Sakis I think adapt me for the role.

My life stuck with my sister but my future looked very messy I had
no idea what am I suppose to do I was nearly 16 years old and I was

feeling as if I was 40 years old then the plan made I was to join a

friend he works at the big cargo ships travel the world by a small
problem I was under age.

My sister as always had the solution she sign as my mother and said

I was 18 years old and before I know I found myself on a massive
cargo ship ready to sail from Greece to Liverpool England.

I was lost as I found myself on a ship sailing to england with 40 men
all different age and they seem to know each other from before I was

the new one.

I was lucky because it happen to be a good bunch of men some

weird some funny some strange but never boring. Two days after we

had bad weather and that was the end for mwe I thought I was going

to die the spinning

I grew up before my time the job was hard for someone my age ,

long hours and shifts and months without reaching a port many times
the waves were massive and scary to deal but you get use to them.

I spent a year on the first ship and make lots of money as well I lost
my teenage years and I lost my freedom and I lost love and I miss

friends and I miss been 17 years old.

I was acting and thinking as a 40 year old man , the rest two cargo

ships were equally hard and lonely life is different when you choose