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On Day 42, I attended Markel's informal meeting at the Hilton Omaha hotel, opposite CenturyLink Central Omaha in the early morning.
I walked back to host's home after the meeting.
End of Day 42.
Day 43 of Overseas Trip 2016
I hope to have lunch at Gorat's Steakhouse. I realised that it was closed for afternoon and will be reopened at evening on the same day. The owner of Gorat was kind enough to drive me back to host's home.
Inspired by his generosity, I went Gorat again to have dinner before I leave Omaha tonight by (Greyhound) bus.
Goodbye Omaha. End of Day 43.
Movies
Title: The Accountant (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
A guy with autism has the ability to identify the accounting problems. He was hired by one company client, who want to find out the missing money on its accounting record. But, something went awry. He was in kill list for unknown reason.
Rating: 9/10
Remark: Unique story. Well developed action scenes.
Title: Sully (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
It is based on the real life event where United Airline's plane, bound for Charlotte, land on the Hudson River due to emergency reason.
Rating: 9/10
Remark: It has done good job to describe the real life event. It is also heartening that the ferry workers in New York City responded to the 'crash' site quickly.
Title: Suicide Squad (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
Top rank officer for US government recommended to select 5 criminals, who have unusual abilities, for one team. This team is to dealt with any future metahumans whom ordinary US army cannot dealt effectively.
Rating: 8/10
Remark: Interesting way to describe how Suicide Squad was born.
Title: Deepwater Horizon (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
It is based on the real live event where Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean and was leased to BP for certain numbers of year, was razed to the ground. What went wrong?
Rating: 8/10
Remark: The movie shows the failure to exercise the common sense to stop the operation if you find it suspicious.
Title: Jason Bourne (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
Jason is hiding and CIA doesn't know where he is. Someone hacked CIA's computer system and gave the data to Jason. This data helps Jason to recall things which he has lost from his memory due to amnesia. What kind of truth did he find out?
Rating: 7/10
Remark: It is the usual Jason Bourne.
Title: Suishou No Kodou (Japanese Drama 2016)
Synopsis:
The NPD has to organise the investigating team to investigate unusual murder chain. Kisaragi Toko, female detective, was the main drama character, finding out the truth. The biggest questions are why the victims are killed and how they are related to each other.
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Slow paced show. There is some twist to the truth.
Title: The Hippocratic Crush (Hong Kong Drama 2012)
Synopsis:
It is about how the housemen do the on the job training before they can become certified doctors.
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Great theme song. Decent show.
Title: Hippocrates no Chikai (Japanese Drama 2016)
Synopsis:
The doctor intern was assigned to a autopsy division. The head of that division is spent a lot of time to get detective's assistance to provide him the bodies for autopsy. Only selected death cases. Why?
Rating: 8/10
Remark: First episode is nerving one. The next 4 episodes are opening your eyes as to why there is a need for autopsy even though the death certificates say clean.
Title: Doctor X (Japanese Drama 2016)
Synopsis:
Michiko was called back to Japan from her job stint in USA. This time, the vice president hired her to work for her in the hospital. That hospital is to be restructured to restore its past glory.
Rating: 7/10
Remark: It is the same story pattern.
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 9:54 pm Day 41 of Overseas Trip 2016
In 2014, I reached CenturyLink Centre Omaha at 7am. This meant that I could not get seat in front of the place where Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger sat and talk for many hours.
This time, I took Uber at 5.30am to CenturyLink Centre Omaha. The queue was about 50 people long. I was determined to join that queue even though it was raining!
Seeing these seats filled, I went to the right side to have the seat.
Bill Gates was there, throwing newspaper into the spot area of a imaginary home.
At last, a clear picture of Warren Buffett!
After the shareholder meeting ended, I took free shuttle bus from CenturyLink Omaha to Nebraska Furniture Mart. I walked for good 5 minutes to try Five Guys store for a dinner. It was unbelievably good! Omaha people are good to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders with discount offering out of sudden.
End of Day 41
Book
Book Title: Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Author: Robert Cialdini
Rating: 8/10
Remark: Enjoying his 'Influence' book, I wanted to know what he writes on his new book. It is very interesting insights. I highly recommend to anyone who works as CEO in SME firms and salesmen.
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 8:22 am Day 40 of Overseas Trip 2016
On Day 39, I checked out at night and took Greyhound bus from Flagstaff, AZ to Omaha, NE. I arrived Omaha, NE on the early morning of Day 40.
After checking in the host's home in the early morning, I had a short sleep.
It was a pleasant hair cut done by circa 80 years old gentleman. Very careful and neat.
After that, I went to CenturyLink Centre, collecting my shareholder pass there. It is second time for Berkshire Hathaway to open the exhibition hall on the day before shareholder meeting.
These are two out of three books I bought since they are not sold in Singapore. I truly enjoy these books and inspire me a lot.
I realised these three adults are Warren Buffett's children.
After that, I took my courage to meet strangers at meet up events in Omaha.
End of Day 40.
Books
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
Author: Ricardo Semler
Rating: 10/10
Remark: It is excellent book describing how the company redesign its jobs and work flow without HR department.
Building People: Sunday E-mail from a CEO Volume 1
Author: Liew Mun Leong
Rating: 9/10
Remark: It is very interesting to see his e-mails which he sent during his career at Capitaland.
Building People: Sunday E-mail from a CEO Volume 2
Author: Liew Mun Leong
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Interesting but the e-mails are allocated in weird way. I like his e-mail about interview using his book as a reference and customer services
Building People: Sunday E-mail from a CEO Volume 3
Author: Liew Mun Leong
Rating: 8/10
Remark: The last e-mail at his last day at Capitaland was in that volume. It is equally interesting although I don't agree with his method to analysis bubble.
Movies
Insider Men (Korean Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
A prosecutor with no connection is desperate to climb up the ladder. To achieve that, he has to aim Jung, the president candidate. However, there are two men with important positions from private sectors supporting Jung. What kind of evidence will he get to imprison Jung?
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Slow and long 3 hours movie. Good story development but confusing story line arrangement.
Shin Godzilla (Japanese Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
Godzilla emerged but Japanese government don't know what kind of animal it is.
They are using maximum resources to understand who it is, what it does, and etc.
Rating: 8/10
Remark: The quality of filming is at its finest - one of the best I ever seen.
Mechanic Resurrection (Hollywood Movie 2016)
Synopsis:
Arthur is using a new identity in Brazil as if he is retired as a hired assassin. However, someone is interested to use him and no other assassin because of his skill - making the death look like accidental one. Therefore, he was forced to do it even if he rejected the buyer's payment offer.
Rating: 7/10
Remark: It is quite typical movie which Jason Statham usually does.
Ghetto Justice (Hong Kong Drama 2011)
Synopsis:
Lord Law, well known for having zero loss record in his law career, chose to operate in Sham Shui Po instead of Central. He was dragged to law scene after hiding himself for 7 years.
Rating: 6/10
Remark: Interesting part in early stage but boring at the end stage.
Speed of Life (Hong Kong Drama 2016)
Synopsis:
The day-to-day stories are centralized on Hong Kong traffic cops. E&C division is in charge of front line duties such as giving tickets, chasing lawbreakers and etc. AI division is in charge of investigating the accidents. Sze Ma was transferred from E&C division to AI division after being promoted to inspector. He proved that he is excellent police officer with his investigation analysis based on logic and quantitative field.
Rating: 7/10
Remark: Not too bad. Interesting love side story between Sze Ma and Yiu Yiu.
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 4:10 pm
