April Fool's Day

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SITTING ROOM - 09:45

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7. The TV is on. PETER is in thoughts.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Today is April Fool's Day. What will happen?

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11. Peter takes a look of the Yahoo!Finance App on his smartphone screen.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, have I lost over $50,000 already?

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15. Checking incoming images on WhatsApp, Peter looks excited.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wow! Scenic photos with Mount Fuji in the background.

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19. Recalling.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A while ago, my elder son suggested my elder daughter to take a tour to Mount Fuji. But she remarked that she could see it from her office's toilet window.

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23. Peter sees images of a lake-side train station and a Thomas the Tank Engine train car.

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25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She's travelling solo by train. My family travelled to the area either by a tourist coach or by a hired car.

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27. Act 2

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29. INT. RESTAURANT - 13:15

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31. Waiting for his takeaway, Peter checks What'sApp messages.

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33. PETER (V.O): My family members have also commented on my elder daughter's photos.

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35. Recalling.

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37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When my family was young, we travelled together most of the time.

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39. SEQUENCE OF PETER'S FAMILY TRAVELLING EXPERIENCE

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41. A. TOKYO, JAPAN - 1997. Toy shop. Being carried on the back of Peter's WIFE, their ELDER DAUGHTER (1) utters: Kit...ty, shocking Peter and his wife.

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43. B. KOTA KINABALU, MALASIA - 2001. Beach. While family MEMBERS are enjoying water sports, Peter's ELDER SON suffers a head injury and gets a few surgical stitches afterwards.

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45. C. WENGEN, SWITZERLAND - 2002. Alpine village. Their YOUNGER DAUGHTER (2) cutely sings: Doe, a deer, a female deer...Peter, his wife and PASSERS-BY are amazed.

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47. D.CORNWALL, ENDLAND - 2004. Thomas the Tank Engine Museum. Seeing their YOUNGER SON (6) is mesmerized by Thomas and his Friends, Peter and his wife look content.

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49. END SEQUENCE

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51. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Before the pandemic, I was usually in Honshu around this time of the season.

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53. Pausing.

55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Having first seen full Sakura blossoms in Japan 1994, I've developed the hobby to chase them every Spring.

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57. Recalling.

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59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Apart from various regions in Japan, I've watched cherry blossoms in Cambridge, UK and at Central Park, New York.

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61. Recalling.

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63. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've also explored Alisan in Taiwan, Wuhan and Shandong in the Mainland.

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65. Pausing.

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67. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've also visited Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong to see a few small cherry trees there.

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69. Pausing.

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71. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I once tried to plant cherry trees in my NT home but without success.

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73. Pausing.

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75. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yesterday, I had an ice cream drumstick with cherry colour and favour.

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77. INT. STUDY - 15:00

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79. Participating in a Zoom meeting, Peter checks incoming What'sApp images occasionally.

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81. PETER (V.O.): Our elder daughter has just checked in a hot spring resort.

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83. Pausing.

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85. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wow, there's an open-air hot spring bath tub in her room with Mount Fuji view!

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87. After remarking on the images, Peter makes an intervention in his meeting.

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89. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Communication technology has enabled people to interact in different spaces at more or less the same time.

91. Later, having left the Zoom meeting, Peter begins watching TV financial news.

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93. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The share price of a stock I owe has been falling. I now know that it's due to the decline of the smartphone market.

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95. Pausing.

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97. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I bought the shares, I only knew the price and didn't know their value.

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99. Reflecting.

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101. PETER (V.O)(Cont'd): If there aren't fools that lose money, others may not profit.

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103. Act 3

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105. INT. SITTING ROOM - 23:00

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107. The TV is on. Peter is in thoughts.

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109. PETER (V.O): My elder daughter has finished her free late-night Ramen. She must be enjoying the hot spring and gazing at the starry sky now.

111. Peter checks the Yahoo!Finance App on his smartphone screen.

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113. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My April Fool's Day gain ends up +$8880. But a fool's money isn't long in his pocket.

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115. Thinking.

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117. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): April Fool's Day is a good reminder that what we may be on April 1, and on other days of the year.

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119. Surfing the web, Peter finds something.

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121. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A Ukrainian proverb says: "If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings."

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123. FADE OUT

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125. THE END