Building Blocks
- Peter K F Cheung SBS
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min read
FADE IN
Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 09:15
Waking up, PETER checks the time.
PETER (V.O.): Have I sped up my jet lag recovery?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Returning home, I've tried to forget the UK time zone and go to sleep soon after midnight.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Night 1 was reasonably good, night 2 wasn't, and last night was wonderful.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My trip to England was eventful, even before getting off the plane.
Act 2
FLASHBACK
INT. AIRCRAFT CABIN, HONG KONG - LONDON - NIGHT (4 Nov, 2022)
Dark cabin. While picking up his eyeglasses, Peter notices something.
PETER (V.O): Oh, a plastic support to one temple has gone! I might have torn it off when taking off my headset.
Using his smart phone torch, Peter searches his seat and the floor.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No, I can't see it... I've been to the toilet...
As Peter searches the corridors, a WOMAN sitting behind Peter's seat notices that.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Not a trace of it. It was still intact when I left home.
FLASHBACK UPON FLASHBACK
INT. HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT (Earlier)
Security checkpoint. Peter inserts his identity card into a machine but there's no response. Peter takes off his eyeglasses.
PETER (V.O.): Would it help the facial recognition system?
END FLASHBACK UPON FLASHBACK
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was done in a rush. If the plastic support had come loose there, there's no way I can find it inside the cabin.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What remains is only the emotional solution...
Later, PASSENGERS sitting in Peter's vicinity begin to disembark.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I must seize the last opportunity to search again.
Peter's search catches the attention of a cabin SUPERVISOR.
SUPERVISOR: Sir, have you lost something?
Peter shows the supervisor his eyeglasses.
PETER: I'm looking for the missing dark blue plastic support, like the one that is attached to one of the temples.
Immediately, the supervisor directs a cabin CREW nearby to detach Peter's seat.
PETER: Oh, the seat can be detached like that!
We, and the woman, see Peter focusing on the armrest cavity.
PETER (Joyfully): Oh, it's hiding here! I've found it!
WOMAN (Happily): Really!
Grabbing the dark blue plastic support with his fingers, Peter shows it to the woman, the crew and the supervisor.
PETER: Thank you all!
SUPERVISOR: It's something we should do.
WOMAN: It's destined that you shouldn't disembark the plane without it!
All smile. Peter checks the name badges of the supervisor and the crew.
PETER (V.O.): Before recovering the missing part, I've tried to address my emotions by believing that I lost it even before embarking the plane.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How wrong I was!
RETURN TO PRESENT
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 23:30
Peter takes off his eyeglasses.
PETER (V.O.): At London Heathrow's Arrival Hall, I filed a compliment to the CX customer relations, thanking Mabel and Christine again.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): I know the significance of small actions - the quiet wins one gets and aggregates each day.
Pausing.
'PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They're the building blocks of the architecture of life, career or business.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I always believe a series of small actions executed relentlessly should manifest their unlimited potential.
Checking the time, Peter goes to bed.
THE END
FADE OUT
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