FADE IN
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - 09:30
Tapping Quora on his smart phone screen, Peter sees images of a woman mummy and subtitles.
PETER (V.O.): She lived around 1800BCE until the age of 40- 45, when she died. She was discovered in Tarim Basin.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Mummies in China? I want to know more.
Peter surfs the web and reads the texts.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She's the Beauty of Loulan, discovered in 1980 in the Taklamakan desert. Loulan was a city near the vanished Lop Lake.
Reading..
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She was buried 1 meter underground in an open coffin, which allowed for the hot, dry air to circulate freely, ultimately preserving her body extremely well.
Nodding.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Researchers get genetic information from bones, teeth and soft tissues of mummies.
Act 2
INT. BEDROOM - 10:30
Seeing his WIFE is still fast asleep, Peter puts on a pair of wireless earset.
PETER (V.O.): Let me enjoy some stereo music while entertaining my fans in Quora.
Smart phone is hand, Peter checks Quora answer requests.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What are the biggest technological challenges to create a robot that can last 10,000 years?
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Humans haven't got the self-healing materials and engineering yet.
Peter mines an image of a robot from his Google Photos.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Some car rentals and hotels in Japan use robots to welcome guests.
After typing his answer, Peter reads another request.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Would adversity exist in a perfect society?
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Living in any society, there're ups and downs.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Lacking adversity ie without challenges and resolutions, life won't be interesting and meaningful - can't be perfect.
Mining images from his Google Photos, Peter sees a beautiful sunset image.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although I was quite down then, I was blown away by the sunset scene at Lake Saroma, Hokkaido.
Peter types his answer and inserts the sunset image.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Today, eight years ago, was my last working day as Director of Intellectual Property, Hong Kong, China.
From his earset, Peter hears:...All I got to do is to love you...Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away...
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A catchy melody. Sounds like George Harrison. But it isn't familiar to me.
Peter surfs the web to check.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's from him. The song was released in 1976. Then, I was passionate for my metallic blue Ford Capri, having just got my driving licence.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): George Harrison says the song arose from the frustration of seeing the leaking roof of his home.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I had the same problem with the structure that my brother and I built in 1975. But I didn't have any inclination to compose any song.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My priority then was to do well in my upcoming GCE exam in English so that I might become a London U external student in Philosophy.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Due to uncertainties, the years of 1975 and 2015 were difficult for me. But they're 40 years apart.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yesterday, a lady staff from HKUST called me. During our small talk, she asked me if the recent gloomy days had inspired me to write songs.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was blown away with that, as my singer-song writing endeavour has become part of my identifier.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But if my golden years are when I'm in my 60s, I've lived a greater part of them.
Act 3
INT. SITTING ROOM - 15:30
Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.): New knowledge, beautiful sights and melodic songs often blow me away.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd: When we do things that others won't expect, we blow the others away.
.Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While I'll sustain my creative lifestyle, I won't let my residual opportunities be blown away.
Peter takes another look of the Beauty of Loulan on screen.
THE END
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