FADE IN
Act 1
INT/EXT. LIFT LOBBY - STREET - 09:00
Checking trousers pockets, PETER takes out a VW car key.
PETER (V.O.): Yes, that's for my wife's car.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yesterday, I returned the Mazda car key to the Nippon Rent-a-car at the Kansai International Airport.
Peter takes out a smart card.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, that's for car park access, not an ETC card to pay Japanese road tolls.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Today, We've to go back to work.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I want to continue my daily routine.
Act 2
EXT. ESTATE PARK - 11:30
Having practised Rumba steps, Peter checks YouTube with his smart phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Perhaps, I'd relearn Jive steps - the high energy dance.
Watching an online tutorial lesson, Peter starts with his left foot, rocking back to the right - replace, and then side to the left - close - side, and then side to the right, close - side.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife and I used to dance Jive pretty well. We're admired at dancing parties.
Repeating.
INT. CONFERENCE LODGE, HKUST - 17:00
Joining a gathering, Peter exchanges greetings with an old GENTLEMAN.
PETER (V.O.): When I began working on IP in the late 1980s, he was already the Secretary for Trade and Industry.
Peter then sees LADY#1 and exchanges greetings with her.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She's now a Permanent Secretary of the Govt.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I first came to know her in a Grade Structure Review process in the late 2000s.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She facilitated my department to create an additional professional rank at the directorate level.
Having chatted with other COLLEAGUES, Peter sees LADY#2.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, she's a new Council Member - a former civil servant too.
Peter goes to engage her.
LADY#2: Were you with IPD?
PETER (V.O.): It's great that she'd remember me.
PETER: Yes! I'm Peter. Have you just retired?
LADY#2: I've retired for 4 years...
PETER: Is that right?
Then, the old gentleman joins them.
GENTLEMAN (To Lady#2): When did you join Govt?
LADY: In 1986.
GENTLEMAN: I was then the Director of Information Services. Let me share a story to both of you...
Both Peter and Lady#2 listen very carefully.
PETER (V.O.): The reward for good work for us is more work.
INT. SWIMMING POOL - 19:30
Peter is swimming.
PETER (V.O.): I treat doing physical exercises as work for my health.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): This morning, I read in the newspapers that, Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer, died at the age of 71.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He's just two years older than me.
Act 3
EXT/INT. STREET - LIFT LOBBY - 20:30
A wet-haired Peter walks towards an estate.
PETER (V.O.): Doing nothing is hard to do as one wouldn't know when the doing is done.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If motivation to work doesn't last, the way to sustain it is to work daily.
Inside a lift lobby, Peter sees his WIFE ahead of him.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The best part of going to work is coming home when the work is done.
PETER: Hi Darling...
FADE OUT
THE END
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