FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDIO - 01:00
From under a desk, PETER takes out a Doraemon wall clock.
PETER (V.O.): It isn't working.
Getting a new AA battery, Peter attaches it into the battery compartment at the back of it and then puts his ear close to the clock.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No ticking.
Peter knocks the small plastic unit that contain the clock's mechanisms a few times and checks again.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No, it isn't working.
Tapping an iPad Mini, Peter watches video clips about fixing quartz clocks.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It seems that I've to disassemble the unit...What time is it now?
Peter checks the time of another Doremon clock next to the Clavinova.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 10:30
Focusing on his iPadMini, Peter is watching video clips.
PETER (V.O.): About a week ago, I asked Sage - the AI language model - to recommend good on-line Japanese courses.
Watching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Among others, it recommended "NHK - World - Japan", and I found it good.
Watching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've finished watching the initial 48 episodes. I'm studying them again.
We hear Peter practising: Hong Kong kara kimashita.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I want to make my Japanese travels more enjoyable.
We hear Peter speaking: Toire wa doko desu ka.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Learning a new language is like living a new life.
Later, we see Peter unscrewing the screws holding the clock's face of his Doremon clock and then removing the clock's hands.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm doing something that I've never done before.
While uncovering the small plastic unit, we see Peter causing some damage to it.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm not a technician. It's likely that I might not be able to re-assemble it again.
Soon, we see Peter breaking a wire accidentally.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh...I believe the connection enables the clock to play the Doremon music on the hour.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): To solder it, I might enlist my wife's help again.
We see Peter taking out from the unit a small piece of quartz crystal with a clip.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I read that when electric current passes through it, it'd make 32,768 vibrations per second. So delicate.
Later, when Peter puts it back into a tiny hole inside the unit and attaches an AA battery in the battery compartment, we see no vibrations.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I believe something's wrong with the circuitry. I can't fix it.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Even if it's a vintage collectable, it can't tell time.
Looking frustrated, Peter presses the music button at the back of the clock and we hear Doremon music.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Like me, it still has some residual value.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'll let it stay in my study at least for a while. I won't dump it right away.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When the Doremon manga was introduced in late 1969, I was dreaming to become a rockstar.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): At my age now, I should be working more for myself.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But my wife and children were captivated and inspired by the Doremon manga series.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Though illusive, time has its way of showing me what really matters.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 18:00
From a table, Peter picks up a mini red digital clock.
PETER (V.O.): I bought it in Tokyo over three years ago. It costed 100 yen. It stopped working after a while.
Unpacking a new lithium battery, Peter attaches it into the battery compartment at the back of the clock. We see instant digital display on the front.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Well, I've an additional working clock to tell time. If I'd like to hear Doremon music, I can just press the music button of the Doremon o'clock.
Pressing the button, we hear the clock playing Doremon music.
PETER (Singing):...Ah ah ah, dottemo diaisuki (I love you very much), doraemon.
FADE OUT
THE END
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