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Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 09:15
PETER wakes up.
PETER (V.O.): I've slept well. Today is Monday. But it's a public holiday.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The importance of the Mid-Autumn Festival is only second to the Chinese New Year.
Peter takes a look of his sleeping WIFE.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): We managed to watch the 1986 film "Top Gun" yesterday night. She bought the blue-ray disc weeks ago.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While the maid is enjoying her holiday, we've to prepare breakfast and meals for ourselves.
Peter sees KAJI, the family pet, staring at him.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She must be wondering when she'll have something to eat.
Act 2
INT. DINING ROOM - 15:30
Entering Peter, his wife and younger DAUGHTER.
PETER: I'm hungry.
WIFE: Have a moon cake then.
Peter checks the packaging of a small moon cake.
PETER: It's made by a 5-star hotel.
WIFE: A relative's present.
Peter and daughter take one each.
PETER: It's no different from the one I had yesterday.
WIFE: The one you had yesterday was made by a well-known cakeshop too.
DAUGHTER: Nothing special - just salted egg yolk with sweet paste.
Peter does his research with his smart phone.
PETER: The 5-star hotel one costed $478 for eight small moon cakes...
Reading another web page on screen.
PETER (Cont'd):Wow, the one I had yesterday was more expensive, costing $498.
PETER (V.O.): I prefer cheap Wonton Noodles & Red Bean Ice.
WIFE: Half of today's public holiday is gone.
DAUGHTER: But we've witnessed how our pet's new hairdresser did the job.
WIFE: Yes, there're four staff working on her.
Kaji gets all the attention.
WIFE (Cont'd): Another Shiba Inu taken there was so afraid that he couldn't hold his pees.
Pausing.
WIFE (Cont'd): So if we didn't take our pet to the pet garden to get light first, the hairdresser wouldn't be surprised if she acted the same.
FLASHBACK
EXT. PET GARDEN - EARLIER
After seeing Kaji kicking the grass, Peter's wife picks her up to return to their car parked nearby.
PETER: I see the lorry parked behind our car has been booked.
Peter's wife turns her head to see.
WIFE: Three tickets.
PETER: Three? Oh, yes, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
PETER (Cont'd): I can imagine how unhappy the driver/owner would be when s/he discovers this the next day.
WIFE: But I s/he shouldn't assume no bookings would be done.
END FLASHBACK
PETER (V.O.): The penalties would be equivalent to two boxes of moon cakes from prestigious cakeshops.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And moon cakes are neither delicious nor healthy.
.Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 22:30
Peter is listening to stereo oldies with extra bass sounds.
PETER (V.O.) : For office workers like my wife, happiness is - weekend + Monday holiday.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For the self-employed, happiness is not having to set the alarm for the next day.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For me, happiness is not having to sleep with my eye mask on; and I can wake up the next day.
THE END
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