memories from the past when I completed my Grade 12 (or HSC as was known in Karachi Pakistan). Posted on July 13 of 2025 in OTTAWA ONTARIO Canada K1G3P2

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After I completed my 12 years of schooling HSC (i.e. before getting admission in Engineering School) , I attempted to get inducted in merchant Navy but since I was not stout, I was determined not suitable for merchant navy work, so I joined Karachi Ship yard as an intern (in the drawings/blue prints storage facility) to learn from the Engineers/draftsmen. 
Getting admission in Engineering School was tough and based on merit list (starting from the highest marks), lot of candidates used to compete for limited seats. 
After about spending one year in intern role at Katachi Shipyard, I decided to quit the job to get back to my path to Engineering Degree, my marks/grades of a year before were still relevant and got me a seat in the Engineering School known as DCET at that time, later on several name changes. It was a triangle of three institutions from start to finish of my degree, DCET, Karach University and N.E.D. University of Engineering. First time ever I used a calulator was a mechanical calculator at Karachi Shipyard for number crunching, before DCET. At DCET I used log tables, charts, slide rules for calculations and finally a Casio calculator fx-1000 perhaps in 1978 or 1979.


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