FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - 11:00
Seeing an email from the Treasury, PETER smiles a little.
PETER (V.O.): Ah, my monthly pension will be paid before X'mas. In my early 20s, I was happy if I got paid just days earlier.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): This time is no different, as I've little cash for festive activities.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My old Mum is easy to please. I just give her money during festive times.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Before retirement, I strived to achieve something big. I didn't care about little things in life.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, I appreciate little things more than ever.
Act 2
INT. SITTING ROOM - 12:00
Checking a Quora notification, Peter sees: 78 people have requested your answers to questions this week.
PETER (V.O.): Saturday is a good day for me to entertain my fans in Quora.
Inserting an image, Peter types an answer to a question.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) : I share my knowledge, wisdom and insight in my answers with featured photos.
As Peter checks another question, we see: Is absolute uncertainty plus or minus?
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A challenging question in the mathematical context.
Having surfed the web, Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The result of my analysis, synthesis and evaluation is that absolute uncertainty is neither positive nor negative, due to its inherent imperfection.
After inserting a photo depicting the numeral zero, Peter types his answer.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The number of views to my answers varies. For personal ones, there're just a little. As an international mentor, I do my best to help.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Apart from getting "Upvotes", my answers are being regularly shared by Quorans to their "Spaces". I like their endorsements.
Peter checks some statistics on phone screen.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): So far, I've answered over 5,100 questions on little things from "live to work" to "work to live". My fans may have taken me as a KOL.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Quora has also invited me to monetize on my Quora role. But I'm not doing my knowledge transfer for money.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's just my little way to leave an intellectual legacy to humankind.
INT. LAM TIN PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL - 15:00
Entrance. Seeing a long queue, Peter retreats to an escalator. Boy#1 (3), being carried by his PARENT on an adjacent escalator, greets Peter respectfully.
BOY#1: Hello! Gong Gong (公公)!
PETER (Enthusiastically) : Hello!
Peter smiles behind his facemask.
PETER (V.O.): Did he say Goh Goh (哥哥}?
Using his smartphone's back camera lens, Peter checks his white-haired image.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He's calling me Gong Gong (公公), although I'd like to hear Goh Goh (哥哥}!
FLASHBACK
EXT. COACH - DAY (1991)
A WOMAN and BOY#2 (8) sit with Peter (37) in a 3-seater row.
WOMAN: Say hello to Pak Pak (伯伯).
BOY#2: Pak Pak (伯伯).
Peter reacts awkwardly.
RETURN TO PRESENT
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That little thing was 30 years ago and I could still remember the scene vividly.
Sighing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, I'm really Gong Gong (公公)-like.
Act 3
INT. MALL - 15:30
Bakery. After showing his senior citizen card to the CASHIER, Peter pays with a green Octopus card.
CASHIER: You get 10% discounts for your chicken pies.
PETER (V.O.): Ever since I tried chicken pies in my teens, I've never tired of having them.
INT. SITTING ROOM - 22:30
Peter is watching a movie on TV.
PETER (V.O.): It was a 1996 romantic comedy. Two of the stars died in 2003. Life goes by in the blink of an eye.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Looking back, little things make life wonderful!
Looking out of the window, Peter sees some faraway X'mas lightings.
FADE OUT
THE END
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