FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 11:00
PETER is staring at a disconnected modem.
PETER (V.O.): If it doesn't add value, it's a waste.
Turning on a laptop, Peter visits a webpage.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Day ago, someone asked me to extend a Wifi subscription. But I've never connected the modem, as I've already had my subscribed Wifi service.
After logging in, Peter fills in some particulars.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Many years ago when I subscribed to pay TV, I was told the company's wifi service was a complementary one.
Peter clicks the "termination of service" icon.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Months ago when the company ceased its pay TV service, I thought I was no longer its subscriber.
Peter reads the small prints on screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Somehow, I'm still a subscriber of the Wifi service and have to give one month termination notice and to return the never-connected modem.
Act 2
EXT. ROADS TO SILVERSTRAND - 15:45
Driving a silver Eunos 30X, Peter checks the mileage on the dashboard.
PETER (V.O.): Just a little over 70,000km for a 28-year old coupe.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It has been underused and so are my other cars.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's quite a waste as opportunities to add value have been few.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I did choose them well. I still love them after 20-30 years.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And I spent lots money to make them last, sustaining their sentimental value to me.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I just can't bear the thought of having them scrapped.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My NT home used to be my family's Saturday night resort. For the past 10 years, it has been my store house.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The stuff I kept represented the value I had added throughout my career development. Anyhow, my decluttering is continuing.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've to expedite the process as rubbish disposal will be charged by the weight soon.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I understand that when I throw anything away, it must go somewhere.
EXT. SILVERSTRAND BAY - 16:30
Having swum along the outer edges of the swimming area, Peter climbs up onto a floating platform.
PETER (V.O.): I treat my voluntary full-body workout as obligatory routine work.
Peter lies flat.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But unlike my intellectual work, exercises promote my physical fitness, health and well-being.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As a pensioner, I live with my pension, and my pension dies with me.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While I attempt to act like the inner young man I think I'm, I admit that I'm not ashamed to take priority seats anymore.
Wondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In a couple of months, Japan's treated radioactive waste being released to the ocean will reach here.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love to swim in the sea, but I fear that I might have to return to the pool.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No one should throw their future away.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 23:00
Having input the prompt: "A man with a disconnected modem" in an AI art generator, Peter sees a cubist image appearing.
PETER (V.O.): If I didn't terminate the Wifi subscription, I've to keep the unconnected modem and waste more money.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Among all wastes, invisible time is the easiest one to waste and the hardest one to correct.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Fortunately, I don't waste time, as I love life.
FADE OUT
THE END
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