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Make Us Merry

Peter Kam Fai Cheung SBS

FADE IN.

EXT. ROAD - DAY

PETER is driving a Toyota Alphard. His SON sits next to him. His WIFE and YOUNGER DAUGHTER in the middle row and the ELDER DAUGHTER at the back row.

PETER

Our next destination

is the hotel, right?

WIFE

If we arrived late, we'll

go to the Ashikaga

Flower direct. It closes

at 9:30pm.

A beat. Peter takes a look of the GPS screen.

PETER

We're good - should

be arriving the hotel

sometime after six.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Peter's wife drives away from a hotel. Other family members are on board. We hear the car's GPS voice commands from time to time.

WIFE

The Flower Park is just

a few kms away.

A beat. We hear a GPS voice alert.

GPS VOICE

Due to an assembly

nearby, no right turn

at the junction ahead.

WIFE

But that's the access

road to the Flower Park

car park.

PETER Just drive on and see

if the GPS will guide

us to another access

road.

His wife turns left, left and left...

SON

I think the GPS is

guiding us to come

back to the same

denied access

point.

Peter nods.

YOUNGER DAUGHTER

(Checking her phone)

The Flower Park's

website states that

car park access roads

will close on holidays.

We can only go there

by train.

PETER

Let us park the car at

the hotel and take the

train there... or we

might forgo the visit

and have dinner

instead...

Silence.

SON

A possible option is

that we park at a

train station just

one stop from the

Flower Park train

station...

WIFE

Let's use our phone

GPS to guide us to

that train station then.

We see the car maneuvering narrow dark lanes and making turns discreetly.

EXT. TOMITA TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

The car arrive at a very small train station with three parking lots - all vacant.

PETER

(To elder daughter)

Your Japanese is

the best. Check if

it's OK to park just

next to the station?

ELDER DAUGHTER

There's a notice

stating that parking

here after 7.00pm is

prohibited.

As his wife finishes parking the car, they all get out and look around.

ELDER DAUGHTER

There's no one

manning this small

station.

Looking uncomfortable, Peter checks the time on his phone screen: It's nearly 8.00pm.

SON

Take this as an

opportunity cost!

PETER (V.O.)

A risk taker, but

he's right.

Peter then checks the train schedule on the station wall.

PETER

The next train is

8.06pm. We shouldn't

miss our 9:30ish train

back or we've to wait

for an hour for the last

train.

MONTAGE OF PETER'S FAMILY VISIT TO THE ASHIKAGA FLOWER PARK

A. Getting off a train at Flower Park Train Station, they see the large lighted-up flower park in a distance.

B. They rush to the entrance, pay the fares and get in.

C. They go in separate directions to capture their preferred images with their phones or cameras.

D. We hear: Let's meet again at 9:30pm at the exit!

E. Peter walks around and is busy in taking photos and videos from different angles.

F. At 9:30pm, they meet again at the exit and then walk back to the Flower Park Train Station.

G. As a train arrives, they get on board and do not bother to sit down.

F. At the next stop, they get off, and the Tomita Train Station scene looks the same as before.

EXT. TOMITA TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

Peter checks their car's windscreen.

PETER

No ticket. Good!

Peter looks merry.

PETER (V.O.)

Without the teamwork

we couldn't have

visited the Ashikaga

Flower Park at all!

That's how we make

us merry around

X'mas time!

They then get inside the car swiftly.

PETER

Our next destination

is any restaurant that

will serve us after

ten.

EXT. RESTAURANT CAR PARK - NIGHT

Car parked. Peter gets off the car quickly to get to the restaurant's front door to check something.

PETER

Yes, this one closes

late!

They look relaxed.

FADE OUT. The End

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