
FADE IN.
INT. STUDY - DAY
PETER is on phone.
PETER
(To phone)
Just accept that day
for me. As to the other
day, I've to decline as
I've got voluntary work
to do.
VOICE
(From phone)
Confirmed?
PETER
Yes.
PETER (V.O.)
I give priority to voluntary
work over my earnings.
INT. BARBER SHOP - DAY
PETER, in T-shirt, shorts and flip flocks, carrying an old dark grey bag is waiting.
Having cleaned the mess on the ground, a BARBER (2Os) in black, with tattoos on his arms, signals to Peter to go to the barber chair.
Having combed through Peter's hair for a few times, the barber makes an observation.
BARBER
(Confidently)
Do you work in
construction sites?
PETER
Hmm...
FLASHBACK
EXT. ROAD - DAY
Peter is driving, SON at passenger seat.
PETER
I wanted to fix some
tomb cracks today.
SON
Why don't you ask
some tradesmen to
do it.
PETER
In the early 1970s,
I built a 2-bedroom
bungalow. If I can
do it, I want to it.
END FLASHBACK
PETER
Yeah...
BARBER
In what trade?
FLASHBACK
EXT. HILL BURIAL AREA - DAY
Wild bushes here and there. Peter's FAMILY MEMBERS are clearing and cleaning the graves. Finding a 1.5 meter tree trunk, Peter begins to strike at the wild bushes nearby and they fall one by one.
PETER
To be destructive
is quite easy. I just
strike and strike.
FAMILY MEMBER#1
It'd be good if the
rioters would come
along to liberate their
energy here.
PETER
Or to reform themselves
through labour here.
As FAMILY MEMBER#2 puts some cement and water on the cracks of a tomb platform, Peter surfaces them.
PETER
The cracks won't
fix by themselves, if
we don't cement
and resurface them.
Peter looks pleased.
PETER (V.O.)
It's constructive,
even in a small
way.
FAMILY MEMBER#3 steps on the resurfaced wet cement work inadvertently, leaving a couple of shoe prints.
FAMILY MEMBER#3
Sorry, I didn't
notice.
PETER resurfaces the cement work again like a tradesman.
RETURN TO PRESENT
PETER (Cont'd)
A cement worker.
BARBER
Ah, it's tough. I've done
it for two days and quit
for good.
Barber continues to cut Peter's hair with enthusiasm.
BARBER (Cont'd)
Then, you'd have shorter
hair.
PETER
Okay!
INT. MUSIC STORE - DAY
Peter, with short white hair, pays for an electric guitar cable and a guitar wearing belt at the counter. Peter notices that the CASHIER (30s) is rather amazed to see his shopping and then the colour of his hair.
PETER (V.O.)
Yes I'm old, but I
haven't exhausted
the creativity in me
yet. Don't belittle
one's potential.
INT. CLUBHOUSE - DAY
At a changing room, Peter is dying his hair.
PETER (V.O.)
Although I don't need
to dye my hair for
court appearance, my
wife wants me to look
young. That's understandable
and I accept that.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
And I'll be seeing a
Canadian friend in 10
days. We parted in
1987...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Anyway, I do the best
I can - a construction
worker, a lawyer or a
creative guitar man!
FADE OUT. THE END