FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - EARLY MORNING
Morning has just broken. PETER wakes up.
PETER (V.O.): Since the preparation of a skeleton argument has become a stressor, I'd better put pen to paper.
Reading books and stuff on the screens of his handheld devices, Peter begins dictating a draft.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I haven't done an appeal in Chinese before. I don't even know the equivalent Chinese expressions.
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Once I've got them, it's quite a pleasure as the presentation is new to me.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was reading law, I wondered why it had to be in English only.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My client is from Vietnam and the interpretation is Vietnamese-Chinese.
Act 2
INT. SWIMMING POOL - LATE MORNING
Peter's swimming.
PETER (V.O.): I prefer doing it now, rather than in the evening. I might become very tired or I wouldn't have the time.
INT. PETER'S NT HOME - AFTERNOON
Entering its front garden, Peter checks the look of the new door of the main electricity box.
PETER (V.O.): Its old door was broken. I've been worrying if my gardener might inadvertently water it.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): On a rainy day in 1978, when the estate was being developed and I was in charge of squatter control of the district, I saw a poor man killed instantly when his umbrella was in contact with high-voltage cable.
Peter opens and shuts the new door.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, it's safe.
G/f storeroom, Peter's clearing the stuff inside.
PETER (V.O.): I haven't bothered with them for over 10 years. I want to check if I got spare wallpapers that would mix and match with the existing ones.
Peter finds a box of wallpapers.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I haven't used them for over 25 years. They look brand new.
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The find opens DIY opportunities to renovate my home. I'm now quite experienced in fixing peeling-off wallpapers.
Finding some white cement powder in a plastic bag, Peter feels them with his hand.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It seems that they're still usable. But my plan is to continue re-fixing wallpapers.
Moving the plastic bag a bit, it disintegrates. Some cement powder fall on the floor.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): OMG!
Peter shovels some cement powder inside a replacement bag.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For the rest, I might as well using them now to fix the pebble track of the carparking lot.
Parking lot. A few uncemented pebbles.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I wanted to fix them for many years.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Days ago, I did some remedial cement plastering while sweeping my ancestors' graves. I enjoyed doing that.
Spreading the white cement powder and mixing them with water, Peter finishes the job swiftly.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me continue my wallpaper work.
G/F dining room. Using a chopstick, Peter is applying some white adhesive against some peeling-off wallpapers.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I like to stick to my plan. Little by little, my NT home looks relatively better now.
EXT. ROADS - NIGHT
Driving his SMART car, Peter listens to the radio broadcast.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, the Duke of Edinburgh has died. He couldn't have his 100 birthday anniversary.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Royals are mortal too. But he has lived 2 decades more than ordinary people.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Furthermore, he was the only person who could treat Her Majesty the Queen as a woman.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - NIGHT
Watching TV news, Peter continues his dictation.
PETER (V.O.): See if I could have the first draft of the skeleton argument tonight.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Once I've got a draft, I'd think thoroughly and critically. And I'd refine my subsequent drafts.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I worked like a tradesman only hours ago.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): : Things happen to me and I just deal with them.
Smiling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What a good mix!
FADE OUT.
THE END
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