Celebrate The Festival

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - DAY

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7. PETER wakes up, lazily.

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9. PETER (V.O.): The maid is on leave today and no breakfast is waiting for me.

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11. As Peter goes out of the room, KAJI, Peter's pet, follows.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's the same Dragon Boat Festival, but why I am not filled with festive mood?

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15. Recalling.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, I've a Dragon Boat Festival song. Years ago, I decided to write songs on important festivals.

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19. Surfing Youtube, Peter types his name and a number of video clips appear. Peter clicks the one entitled "Celebrate The Festival".

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21. The video clip is playing.

23. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I meant to share my festive songs once a year. But for the recent festivals, like Mother's Day and Father's Day, I didn't have the inclination to share my songs.

25. Peter watches the video.

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27. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I wrote it in 2017. The video clips were all taken before that. The music video captured my festive mood and my travelling experience then.

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29. Peter goes to his study.

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31. Act 2

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33. INT. STUDY - DAY

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35. Peter is working behind his computer.

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37. PETER (V.O.): Let me jot down my mood on Dragon Boat Festival 2020 when the day is young.

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39. Recalling.

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41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In summer 2017, I was still experimenting if I could become an entrepreneur.

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43. Pausing.

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45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And soon thereafter, by chance, I met up with a friend. Conversations turned to the possibility of my joining a set of chambers.

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47. Pausing.

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49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Given the opportunity, I followed up and found myself began private practice as a Barrister in Sept 2017.

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51. Thinking.

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53. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As a self-employed in the profession, my initial tasks were fun, I joined study tours. I spoke on intellectual property locally and overseas.

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55. Thinking.

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57. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And in Dec, 2017, I began prosecuting again, after my last prosecutions in 1985.

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59. Nodding.

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61. PETER (V.O.) : From Spring, 2018, I began to act for defendants, litigants and people seeking political asylum...Life has never been the same again since my official retirement.

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63. Pausing.

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65. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While I wrote less musical compositions, I maintained my monthly travelling habit.

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67. Pausing.

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69. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But my last visit was in Feb, 2020 to Sapporo and Tokyo. My planned trips from March to May were all cancelled due to the pandemic.

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71. Pausing.

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73. PETER (V.O.): Now is already late June and there's nowhere I can go.

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75. Pausing.

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77. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I read that over 90% of Hong Kong people are depressed because they couldn't make overseas travels.

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79. Pausing.

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81. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although I wasn't included in the survey, I find the survey finding representative.

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83. Sighing.

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85. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've thought about local travels. But they aren't perfect substitutes.

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87. Pausing.

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89. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was in court days ago and have to appear again tomorrow. I won't feel relaxed until my jobs are done. And, other commitments are coming up.

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91. Act 3

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93. INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS

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95. Peter finishes watching his music video.

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97. PETER (V.O.): The song is one of my best tri-lingual songs. I wrote it with great emotions.

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99. Peter discovers something on the screen under his name.

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101. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What's that? It isn't my stuff.

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103. After clicking it, Peter examines the details.

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105. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, that's my name. I'm characterized as an "International Arbitrator", and I've "been an arbitrator in 2 international cases (2 Inter-State). And there're links to the stuff that I've done.

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107. Checking.

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109. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's from Jus Mundi. They use artificial and collaborative intelligence to collect and construct global legal data. Wow! So transparent and accessible.

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111. Pausing.

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113. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Good stuff. But for my own non-legal but creative stuff, I'm keeping them largely to myself.

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115. Peter copies the link of his "Celebrate The Festival" music video.

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117. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me share my festive fond memories again.

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119. After clicking "Publish", Peter goes back to the sleeping room with Kaji.

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121. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - DAY

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123. PETER (V.O.): Hope everyone will have a good festive day.

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125. Peter goes back to bed.

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127. FADE OUT.

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129. THE END