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Act 1
INT. STUDY - 20:00 (YESTERDAY)
PETER picks up a call.
WIFE (From phone): You like thick or thin noodles?
PETER (To phone): Thick ones. You're home already?
WIFE: (From phone): Typhoon signal no. 8 has been up already.
INT. DINING ROOM - 20:30
We see three bowls of thick and thin noodles on the table.
PETER: I thought it'd just be the two of us.
WIFE: Our daughter has returned home. The evening concert she meant to go is postponed to Sunday.
PETER (V.O.): It's a windfall that we'll have dinner a few minutes earlier than usual.
Act 2
INT. BEDROOM - 08:00
Waking up, Peter grabs his smart phone to check the Observatory App.
PETER (V.O.) : Typhoon signal no. 8 is still up. It's a windfall my wife can sleep a little longer.
Later, his wife wakes up to turn on the TV immediately.
WIFE: Oh, the Observatory may lower the typhoon signal no.8 after 9:00am.
PETER: It's a windfall you don't have to leave home now.
WIFE: Do you think if the restaurants in the mall are open?
PETER: I believe so. Let me go and buy breakfast.
INT. LOBBY - 08:30
Peter says "Morning" to a CARETAKER.
PETER (V.O.): Irrespective of the number of the typhoon signal, she has to discharge her duties as usual.
INT. MALL - 08:45
Restaurant counter. STAFF are packing food as Peter waits nearby.
PETER (V.O.): Business as usual.
INT. DINING ROOM - 09:15
Accompanied by KAJI, Peter, his wife and their daughter are having breakfast.
PETER (V.O.): I believe Kaji doesn't expect we'd have breakfast together this morning.
WIFE: I speculated that I might have a day off, but...
We see a TV banner advising that the typhoon signal no. has changed from 8 to 3.
WIFE: I've to be back to the office within two hours.
PETER (V.O.): Working in retirement as a self-employed, I see typhoon signal no. 8 or above impacting adversely on my work schedule.
Later, as his wife leaves home, Peter joins her.
WIFE: Where're you going?
PETER: I'm going to get the files for my court appearance next week.
PETER (V.O.): It's a symbolic gesture to go through the thick and thin with my wife.
EXT. MTR CABIN - 10:30
Crowded.
PETER (V.O.): This's an extraordinary rush hour.
We hear PASSENGER#1 lamenting to PASSENGER#2.
PASSENGER#1: I meant to go to the cinema to watch the movie "Top Gun: Maverick"...
Passenger#2 suppresses a smile.
EXT. STREET - 11:00
No wind and rain. Seeing an old tree, Peter stops to capture a photo.
PETER (V.O.): That the typhoon didn't hit it is probably a windfall to it.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I hope the homeless people could find shelters during the typhoon hours.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 17:00
We hear radio news: All typhoon signals are cancelled.
PETER (V.O.): Numbers are shifty data. They don't tell the whole story.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Workwise, it's a windfall to me that I don't have to wait for tomorrow to get something done.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Whenever the unexpected happens, I like to believe I'm lucky.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm content with any windfalls.
THE END
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