FADE IN
Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 7:30
Getting his smart phone, PETER checks his diary.
PETER (V.O.): I've a Zoom meeting in the afternoon.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife has to return to the office today.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's Tuesday, but feels like Monday.
Peter taps Quora on screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me help those who need my guidance.
We see on screen an answer request: Should one embrace volatility?
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 09:30
Holding his smart phone, Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.): My wife has urged me to sell the many stocks that I own.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've been buying shares for over seven months now, but I've never sold one lot.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Not only that my investment is long-term, I also want to test if the buy-and-hold strategy would work.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It has never occurred to me that I'd witness so much market volatility in so short a time.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I expect today's stock market will go down.
Peter taps Yahoo!Finance to check.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wow, very sharply.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Worst of all, it dampens my working mood.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Days ago, I watched a stock pitching program. Perhaps, I should buy low.
Peter taps a Hang Seng Bank App and does the order.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): To distract myself from negative emotions, let me entertain more Quora answer requests.
Peter types on screen.
INT. RESTAURANT - 14:15
Peter is waiting for his takeaway.
PETER (V.O.): Having just jogged in the park, I'm rewarding myself with Char Kway Teow.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'll have lunch with my wife tomorrow - the last day of her work from home.
Peter gets his takeaway.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Just hope that we can travel again before long.
INT. STUDY - 14:55
Peter attends a Zoom meeting.
PETER (V.O.): Familiar faces, new roles. It's April 2022 already.
Peter makes interventions from time to time.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Since 2015, I've been volunteering my service to HKUST.
Listening.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I retired in 2014, I didn't map out my way forward. I didn't know I could create my own websites, and I didn't know about Quora.
Listening.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): By default, I developed a monthly travelling hobby. But the pandemic travelling restrictions have suspended it.
Listening.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And I don't even travel to Clear Water Bay or Central for HKUST meetings!
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 23:00
In bed, Peter is checking the Quora App.
PETER (V.O.): Wow, there're over 600 views of my answer on Embracing Volatility.
We see on screen: Like it or not, happenings in life can change rapidly and unpredictably for the worse. Embracing volatility may lessen one's stress, enabling one to seize possible opportunities.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've bought a lot of the new stock that I wanted to buy.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the course of helping others in Quora, I've also got my mind right.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Tomorrow is another chance to begin again.
Peter dictates his diary.
FADE OUT
THE END
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