Dr. Iain Corness This is Me

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1. 1. Member Directory Skal International Pattaya & East Thailand

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   Published on: 6/15/2008   Last Visited: 6/15/2008

   Dr. Iain Corness
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   Dr. Iain CornessTravel EditorPattaya Mail Publishing Co., Ltd.

2. 2. www.pattayamail.com

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   Published on: 3/12/2007   Last Visited: 3/12/2007

   by Dr. Iain Corness
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   A man who discovered that his sailor father wasn't really his father, but a pig farmer he had never met, was!From that extraordinary background, Ib Ottesen is a fine example of what you can do in this country with a little luck and a lot of common sense.
   
   Ib was born in Denmark, and the man he called "father" was a ship's engineer.His mother died when he was 10 years old and he and his two brothers received little parenting, boarding school being the substitute.
   
   Dreaming of being a sailor and going to the Far East, Ib dropped out from school aged 16, forging his father's name for permission to begin life on the sea.He remembers his father saying to people, "Don't worry, he'll be back in 14 days."Ib laughed recalling the event, saying, "I showed them!I was back in seven!"He had unwittingly joined a ship that spent its time in Danish waters and called into his hometown at the end of the first week.So much for the mystic Orient!
   
   He was more careful next time, joining as a cabin boy and going to America."This was big stuff for me. San Francisco and flower power!"He then enrolled for Wireless Officer's training, but was told by a senior officer to forget it as Wireless Operators would be phased out, and go to Officer School instead.
   
   This he did and began working his way up the ranks.However, on one trip he visited Thailand.This was to change his life.

3. 3. www.pattayamail.com

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   Published on: 10/1/2007   Last Visited: 11/2/2007

   There will be a book signing at Jameson's Irish Pub on Friday, September 28, of the newly published book, "Farang, Thailand through the eyes of an ex-pat" written by the Pattaya Mail's Special Correspondent, Dr. Iain Corness.