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A Rare Heaven

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS


  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY


  4. Phone in hand, PETER reads something.


  5. PETER (V.O.): Here's a Quora question for me. If one is invited to get together, should one go right now despite the pandemic threat or should one stay isolated?


  6. Pausing.


  7. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The request must be coming from US or Europe, or places undergoing the first phase of the pandemic.


  8. Pausing.


  9. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It all depends on the context. Hong Kong has done pretty well statistically and on the ground.


  10. Pausing.


  11. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How can eg US citizens understand Hong Kong's total CONVID-19 death toll remaining at 4?


  12. Pausing.


  13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Some US states are opening up earlier than Hong Kong despite their alarming pandemic statistics.


  14. Pausing.


  15. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyway, I'm going out today. Let me answer the question later.


  16. Act 2


  17. FLASHBACK.


  18. INT. BARBER SHOP - DAY


  19. A BARBER (20s) is about to cut Peter's long white hair.


  20. BARBER: You must haven't had your haircut for months.


  21. PETER (Nodding) (V.O.): I daren't come for a haircut.


  22. BARBER (Cont'd): You must have been bored to death at home. Learn to play video games!


  23. PETER (V.O.): He knew that I didn't know how to play video games.


  24. Pausing.


  25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm only interested in video games if I can create any computer game programs.


  26. Pausing.


  27. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or, I'd consider how video games have impacted on the creative industry.


  28. INT. STUDY - DAY


  29. Checking a phone notification, Peter sees a Quoran question request: Will you read more books during the quarantine?


  30. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Reading books is on the receiving end. At my age, all I want is to give back to society by sharing my experience and widom. I publish my works including my Quora answers daily.


  31. Pausing.

  32. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I only read law books. As court hearings have been adjourned, I've no incentive to read them.


  33. Pausing.


  34. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'd rather play my own songs with my guitars.


  35. END FLASHBACK.


  36. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In short, I don't want to pass my time without capturing, creating or delivering any value.


  37. EXT. CBD, KWUN TONG - DAY


  38. A masked Peter walks past streets with busy human and car traffic.


  39. PETER (V.O.): The same new CBD. The only difference is that people are all wearing masks.


  40. Arriving at the upper floor of a MTR station, Peter takes a photo of the scene.


  41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A picture is worth 1000 words. I'll use it to illustrate that Hong Kong has largely returned to normal.


  42. INT. TRAIN CABIN - DAY


  43. Pretty crowded. Peter types on his phone, inserting a picture. After tapping Submit, he sees another question request.


  44. PETER (V.O.) : What is my favourite comfort food during the pandemic? Ha! Ha! It's Char Kway Teow! I can't take hot and spicy food at all, but I like the fun challenge.


  45. Peter mines an image of a plate of noodles from his phone.


  46. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): This's a no-brainer answer. Anyway, someone cares to ask and I can satisfy her curiosity right away.


  47. Peter repeats tapping in his usual way.


  48. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When compared with doing nothing or playing video games while travelling, I enjoy engaging different sectors of the public in the world.


  49. Recalling.


  50. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But my wife always remarks that I'm wasting my time entertaining such netizens.


  51. Peter looks out of the cabin window, seeing the tunnel walls.


  52. Act 3


  53. INT. SITTING ROOM - NIGHT


  54. Relaxing on a sofa, Peter is having screen time.


  55. PETER (V.O.): Oh my god! My Quora answers have attracted hundreds of views each, some upvotes, thank yous and sharing to others too.


  56. Thinking.


  57. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They must envy Hong Kong's current public health situation. Instead of reading books, they might create their works and do virtual publishing.


  58. Pausing.


  59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I suspect many don't know what is Char Kway Teow and might order it from Chinese takaways.


  60. Pausing.


  61. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When compared with US, European and some other Asian cities, Hong Kong is now quite a rare heaven on earth!


  62. Peter reads again his works with image inserts.


  63. FADE OUT.


  64. THE END




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