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Light Up My Day

Peter Kam Fai Cheung SBS

FADE IN:

.

INT. SLEEPING ROOM - DAY

Checking his group chats, PETER sees members leaving RIP messages one after another.

PETER (V.O.)

I won't say RIP as that

presupposes alternative

existence after death.

A dead person doesn't

live after death in any

way, as far as living

beings can experience.

INT. - STUDY - DAY

Peter works on his computer..

PETER (V.O.)

In remembrance, I've

documented my interactions

with the deceased and my

sentiments. I feel good

that way.

EXT. ROAD - DAY

A double-decker bus is about to enter the Hong Kong Port Passenger Clearance Building. Sitting at the front row of its upper deck is Peter - the only passenger. Freely, he takes photos.

PETER (V.O.)

Let me live my day again

without any disturbance.

INT. BUS TICKETING COUNTER - DAY

Receiving Peter is a GIRL (20s) who observes Peter''s face and front hairline.

GIRL

(Curiously)

Do you pay full or half

fare?

PETER

(Smiling)

Oh, full. I'm not yet entitled

for that. Thank you for asking.

GIRL

$65 then.

PETER (V.O.)

I'm not young by any

measure...

INT. ROADS IN MACAO - DAY

A pink casino shuttle. Peter sits at a front-row passenger seat.

PETER (V.O.)

Well, wifi connections

are good.

Notification sounds one after another. Peter checks the phone messages.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Many other words of

condolences. Emotional

self or group therapies.

He then checks a mail.

PETER(V.O.)(Cont'd)

Oh, Judge Mayo died

too? Several days

before Michael? He was

...82...I appeared before

him in one of my early

High Court appearance.

That was in...1988.

FLASHBACK (Summer, 1980)

INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY

Peter (25) is being interviewed by a 3-member PANEL. A side panelist (40s) with a name plate "D K LAM, Chief Land Executive" speaks.

LAM

(Playing tough)

You study philosophy...

logic...what's that all

about?

PETER

(Keeping cool)

I give a simple example

of deductive logic:

All men are mortal.

I'm a man. Therefore,

I'm mortal.

LAM

(Maintaining toughness)

What do you mean by

"mortal"? I don't understand

. at all!

PETER

Let me try again: All

men will die. I'm a

man. Therefore, I'll

die also.

Dead silence.

END FLASHBACK

PETER (V.O.)

And I became a Land

Executive...I heard

that even when he

was suffering from

cancer in his 50s, he

would insist finishing

unfinished businesses.

He died later.

INT. SLOT MACHINE AREA - DAY

Sitting behind a slot machine, Peter, in thoughts, pushes a button like a robot.

PETER (V.O.)

Life is like playing

a slot machine.

You don't know

how fortunate or

unfortunate you

can be. If it happens,

it happens.

Later, he stops pushing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Luck is not on my side

today.

EXT. TSIM SHA TSUI CLOCK TOWER - NIGHT

Colourful phoenix lanterns everywhere. Peter finds angles and takes pictures.

PETER (V.O.)

When I was a boy, I

made lanterns. These

are really beautiful.

They light up my

day!

FADE OUT. The End

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