Thank You Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax Community

[Shawn]

Apologies but I felt compelled to make this thread.... 5 Days later I'm still wrapping my mind around what happened lol....

 

I want to thank you all, I had the time of my life, both at Norm's & Sanjeev's dinners. It was incredible, I learned more about value investing in 2 days than I have in a very long time. I got to meet Francis Chou & watch as he educated a crowd on every topic & stock that came his way till midnight. I got to meet Tim McElvaine & I learned some very important facts about the movie business & a company called Rainmaker Entertainment (which has been on my list for some time). I even got the chance to meet Mohnish Pabrai which was cool as hell. I MUST thank Keith & Doug Smith for educating me about community banks & Doug for pointing out some incredibly fascinating things about technology. I wish I could have spoke with Keith more about the community banks I have some very interesting ideas in regards to them. Norm is an awesome dude, great sense of humor & overall just a good person. I wish I could have spoken with Alex Li, I didn't get the chance to hear his ideas.

 

Overall, Sanjeev man you & Alnesh are a rockstars for putting together the whole ordeal. It was a treat to meet all of you. I'm STILL trying to wrap my mind around everything lol.

 

I shook hands with and had a conversation with Francis Chou, it felt so surreal - I hate to sound like a groupie but I've only dreamed of such an occurrence but to actually see, meet and speak to the man ? Just surreal...

 

I want to thank Doug & Keith Smith, Sheni, Jack, Chris Tsai, Tobias, Yuri, Norm, Tim McElvaine, Sanjeev, Alnesh, Trevor, Wilson, Ali, John Pfeffer, and many others (apologies if I spell any of your names wrong :( ).

 

 

I chase after bargain stocks & opportunity & love value investing with all my heart & soul. It's my way of life. I look forward to going again next year. But mark my words, there will come a day where it will be my shareholder meetings you guys will come and visit.

 

 

Oooooh & one more thing.... the highlight of my night at Sanjeev's dinner ?

 

http://i.imgur.com/8mLLOUD.jpg

 

That picture made my year.....

 

Yep.... incredible, at my very first major social outing I get to snap a picture with Prem Watsa. It is 4:45am EST & I'm STILL having problems sleeping cuz everything was so overwhelming lolol. Thank you guys a million times over.

 

 

 

Regards,

Shawn

 

[Shawn]

Apologies I don't know how to resize pictures on here :( I didn't think it'd be that huge. It was much smaller from my phone.

[Parsad]

Hi Shawn,

 

I think many of us felt the same way the first time we met the people we admire.  Glad you enjoyed your trip, and we look forward to seeing you at many more!  Cheers!

[Eddie Willers]

Hey Shawn -

 

Frame that picture and put it up on your mantle.  In a couple years when your ridiculously rich and famous people will say "It's no wonder he's so awesome - He met with Prem at such a young age!"

 

I'm sure Prem, Frances and all the other stars in the Fairfax galaxy enjoyed meeting you as much as I did.  It's such a pleasure to meet a bright young man with a great future ahead of him.

 

Good luck in life's adventure and we'll see you again next year,

 

Best regards,

 

Jack

 

 

[Shawn]

Hey Shawn -

 

Frame that picture and put it up on your mantle.  In a couple years when your ridiculously rich and famous people will say "It's no wonder he's so awesome - He met with Prem at such a young age!"

 

I'm sure Prem, Frances and all the other stars in the Fairfax galaxy enjoyed meeting you as much as I did.  It's such a pleasure to meet a bright young man with a great future ahead of him.

 

Good luck in life's adventure and we'll see you again next year,

 

Best regards,

 

Jack

 

Awesome

 

Thanks, friend !!!