FADE IN
Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 08:30
Waking up, PETER rubs his eyes, but stops abruptly.
PETER (V.O.): Rubbing might damage my eyes. I only discovered that yesterday.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Among our senses, sight is most appealing.
Exercising his eyes, Peter rotates them 360 degrees in clockwise direction and then in anti-clockwise direction.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I first had spots in my vision, I wanted to retire early.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Soon, I learned to ignore my eye floaters.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyhow, I wouldn't lose sight of what I can't see.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 13:00
From the internet radio, we hear: Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way.
PETER (V.O.): Another human breakthrough!
We continue to hear: It is some 26,000 light years away and is 4 million times more massive than the Sun.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): So far and so big.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Decades ago, having studied the Philosophy of Cosmology, I wondered if my vision should only be earthy-based.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Then, one night when I gazed at the stars, I realized that
I couldn't, as I would be debasing my one life.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): From the cosmic perspective, every person is precious. One couldn't find another Peter Cheung in this and other galaxies.
Having unpacked a micro star globe toy, Peter has it plugged in.
PETER (V.O.): I discovered the model at my NT home yesterday afternoon.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife is fond of stars. We had great star gazing experience while touring Indonesia and Vietnam.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was touring solo in Inner Mongolia, I realized star gazing in the dessert was another great experience.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): Where's the Black Hole?
Peter surfs the web to check.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Look at the direction of Sagittarius, the constellation. The Black Hole is holding the constellation at the centre of the Milking Way Galaxy.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The idea of a body so massive that even light could not escape was proposed by John Mitchell, an Englishman, in 1784.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The idea was abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, but gambled on by Hawking.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Hawking hypothesized that things can get out of a Black Hole both on the outside and possibly to another universe.
The TV is showing a program: "How the Universe works?"
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've never tired of understanding the cosmic design from the astronomical perspective.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): One motto I love is: Aim for the Moon, and if you miss, you'll still be among the stars.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But stars also die and collapse under their own gravity.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is there cosmic consciousness? Is there really a way out of the Black Hole?
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 23:00
Peter is checking his Google Photos images.
PETER (V.O.): Everything has beauty. It's fortunate that humans can see image of the Black Hole for the first time. Seeing is believing.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd: While the universe is vast, we're intellectually significant.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Humans should have both sight and vision.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Eyes are the jewels of the body and the mirror to the mind. We're the universe's microcosm.
Attempting to reach his tired eyes, Peter stops abruptly.
THE END
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