FADE IN Act 1 INT. DINING ROOM - 21:00 The MAID puts a bowl of sweet potato sugar water on the table. PETER takes his seat. PETER: Thank you. MAID: Welcome, Sir. Peter takes a slow, deliberate spoonful. PETER (V.O.): This is my standard dessert. Silence. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The maid must be wondering why I always have it. The only sounds are the soft clink of the spoon against the bowl. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's not a choice. It's a memory. Act 2 FLASHBACK INT. HOME, TI

FADE IN Act 1 INT. BEDROOM - 21:30 Sitting up in bed, PETER stares at his smartphone. On screen: Guangdong gourmet tour - Michelin class. PETER (V.O.): Eating is rarely the reason I travel. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I travel for the sake of traveling - to live up to my monthly travel hobby. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I anticipate that I'll be busy in August. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The package tour's departure date: August 1 suits me perfectly. Peter fills

FADE IN Act 1 EXT. A GLASS-COVERED WALKWAY - 08:30 A queue of at least 50 COMMUTERS stretching from the elevator lobby. One lift under maintenance. PETER, in a suit, joins at the back. PETER (V.O.): That's why I've to leave home relatively early. The queue shuffles forward. Peter checks his watch. He calculates, PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Another 10 minutes minimum. He looks up at the tall staircase. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): After every swim at Silverstrand Bay, I've to walk up 175

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 09:00 Smartphone in hand, PETER is reading a Facebook post about the findings of a fMRI study that: The brain is not executing a choice that we consciously made in the moment. It acts first, unconsciously, based on processes we have no access to. Only afterwards does it hand our conscious mind the signal - experienced as "I decided." PETER (V.O.): My "choices" are just biological outputs? Reading. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Every decision I make

FADE IN Act 1 INT. HOME - AFTERNOON The sky is grey outside. KAJI sits at perfect attention. Her ears are perked forward. Her eyes fix on the PACK LEADER who holds a large bone-shaped treat. PACK LEADER: For being a good girl. KAJI (V.O.): This is a big treat. The Pack Leader places the treat on the floor before Kaji. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): That's permission. Kaji delicately picks it up and begins to consume it in a corner. As she is finishing, she watches the Pack Leader

FADE IN Act 1 INT. PETER'S URBAN HOME - 11:23 Living room. An upright piano at a corner. PETER finishes a piece. PETER (V.O.): Right on schedule. Time for a swim at Silverstrand before the typhoon hits. He grabs his phone and sees Fat Boy's WhatsApp message. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh my Mercedes is ready for collection? So quick? He pinches the bridge of his nose, calculating. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My S13 is occupying the Mercedes' parking lot here. I've to store it in my

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 11:00 PETER sits at the piano. A Pad2 is propped up on the music stand, displaying a paused YouTube tutorial: Beyond the Sea, La Mer, Jazz piano, chords and harmonization. PETER (V.O.): I love the sea. He taps the play button. We hear: instead of a straight II-V-I, try substituting the V with a tritone substitution... PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Interesting. But what's a tritone substitution? We hear: It involves replacing the dominant 7th chord

FADE IN Act 1 EXT. GOLDEN BAY - 17:00 PETER emerges from water. He wipes saltwater from his face. He looks out at the Bay. PETER (V.O.): I feel the endorphin rush. I feel good. I feel young. Peter's feet in flip-flops, walking on hot sand. Exiting the washroom, he walks to a parking lot and approaches a 1989 red Nissan S13. He unlocks it, tosses his bag in the passenger seat, and slides into the driver seat. He starts the engine. FLASHBACK EXT. PETER'S NT HOME - 17:00 (Yest

FADE IN Act 1 INT. PETER'S NT HOME- 13:15 A bicycle corner: we can see five bicycles. The tires of four of them are completely flat. PETER (V.O.): The last time I worked on them, I pumped one of the bikes manually-so that's why I've bought an electric air pump. In his hands, he holds a sleek modern electric air pump. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Attaching the nozzle of a manual pump to the valve has always been a problem. He attaches the nozzle of the electric air pump to the value

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 16:15 (Yesterday) Dark clouds hover outside. PETER opens his phone to check My Obsdervatory app. PETER (V.O.): The thunder warning won't expire until 5pm. I can't swim outdoors before then. He scrolls through his FB feed. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The algorithm is obsessed with Spain. Football. Flags. Fans... A short clip plays on screen. Someone is singing in Spanish: Siempre que le pregunto que cuando, Como y donde, Tu Siempre me respondes. Qui

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 10:15 PETER sits at an upright piano. Sheet music is propped up: Always Something There To Remind Me. PETER (V.O.): July 20th. The day I was supposed to visit the Red Leaf World. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I was impatient. I went in early July. I wanted to seize the moment. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What did the present give me? A bouncing no-rail staircase going nowhere and a woman who knew better. He plays the song, rewinding

FADE IN Act 1 EXT. RIVERSIDE PARK - DAY Smells. The lingering scent of a hundred other dogs. Sitting on a bench with PETER, KAJI sniffs the air. But he is distracted by Peter's other hand. KAJI (V.O.): He is opening the turtle bag. As Peter puts the turtle on the bench, it crawls towards Kaji. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): OMG...it doesn't know I like to hunt. Pausing. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): It doesn't smell like fear. It smells like vegetables. The turtle climbs on Kaji's fur as

FADE IN Act 1 INT. BEDROOM - 06:48 DREAM SEQUENCE SOMEWHERE IN TIME A workplace. PETER is looking for someone. People move around him like background noise - except the women. PETER (V.O.): I have to pick her up to her workplace in good time. Where is she? Peter scans faces. But every woman's face is blurred. He tries to focus. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No, no, no. I don't want to be late. Frustrated, something dawns on him. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Here is actually her workplac

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 11:20 PETER sits on a sofa, checking unread WhatsApp messages. PETER (V.O.): Oh, YK has texted me twice. He types on screen. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He' s online. Peter taps the phone icon and then chats with YK. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's about the need to get a copyright licence for performing other's songs in public. Recalling. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In 2010, I wanted to play out. I didn't want to buy a licence. I began writing my own songs

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 08:45 A rattling, half-lit morning. The windows breathe with condensation. Rain tracks down the pane in uneven lines. PETER sits on a sofa, scrolling through FB on his phone. His thumb stops. PETER (V.O.): Ten Forgotten 60s Songs Only Real 60s Kids Remember! He taps the link. The first song appears: A Lover's Concerto - The Toys PETER (V.O.): I remember this. But the MV is one I've never seen. He watches. His expression one of mild curiosity.

FADE IN Act 1 INT. LIVING ROOM - 13:00 PETER and his WIFE are watching TV news. We hear:..DSE results are released today...24 狀元...the Educational Bureau reminds students that this is one step in their lifelong journey... PETER (V.O.): In 1971, I thought I was a scholar. My HKCEE results told a different story. FLASHBACK INT. YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE - DAY (1976) Stacks of files on desks. Peter (22) reads a handwritten remark on his handwritten minute. PETER (V.O.): Oh, the

FADE IN Act 1 INT. BEDROOM - 08:30 (Sunday) Soft, golden light streams through the window. PETER sits up in bed, scrolling through his phone. PETER (V.O.): Jimmy Carter said "Imagine" is played like a national anthem in many countries... Peter surfs the web. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): "Imagine" ranked #3 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Nodding. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Almost a national anthem. Number three. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love the music. I lov

FADE IN Act 1 INT. BEDROOM - 08:30 Cluttered. PETER scrolls through FB with his phone. PETER (V.O.): Scale invariance...atoms like tiny solar systems. But they aren't. They obey different dominant physics. Reading posts. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The universe doesn't scale cleanly. Atoms whispers quantum secrets while galaxies roar with gravity. Reading posts. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Cells fight disorder while the cosmos marches toward heat death. Pausing. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd):

FADE IN Act 1 EXT. RIVERSIDE PARK - DAY 1 The path is paved and perfect. KAJI sniffs the air. KAJI (V.O.): Three sniffs to the left. Another three to the right. The world is in balance. The PACK LEADER sits on a bench. Kaji joins her. Soon she spots a shadow in a distance. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): The shadow is wearing a backpack. Staring. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): He is Peter. But I 'd stay calm, Peter walks towards their bench. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): For the past several days

FADE IN Act 1 INT. BEDROOM - 08:30 Sunlight filters through the curtains. PETER, wearing headphones, lies propped up against pillows. He takes a look of his WIFE sleeping beside him. PETER (V.O.): My wife is recovering from her flu. Holding his smart phone, Peter is watching a colour film. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I discover this 1978 film - also titled "The Strange Romance on the Bus" (巴士奇遇結良緣). We see on screen a tired couple in their modest room. A baby cries in the backgrou