FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - MORNING
PETER speaks to his WIFE.
PETER: I'm concerned about you...
WIFE: I hit a certain age...Go and do your work.
PETER (V.O.): It's the first time she has spoken like that. She's much junior to me.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Age was sensitive to me when I was retiring and when I became a senior citizen.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Otherwise, I didn't think about age that much until yesterday when I had acute knee pain.
Peter takes a look of the knee protectors that he's wearing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm doing the C (compressing) of RICE (Resting, Icing, Compressing and Elevating).
Act 2
INT. OFFICE - LATE MORNING
As Peter is reading piles of files, he overhears people chatting.
SOMEONE (V.O.): I'm retiring. Tomorrow's my last work day.
OTHERS (V.O.): Congratulations!
PETER (V.O.): I retired over 6 years ago; and I'm still working.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I should add that once I hit a certain age, I've become unimpressed with many things eg power and glory.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My sense of self is much stronger than before.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm working now to prove that I still have some residual value, at my age.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But what I love to do now is to make my hands dirty in renovating my NT home.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love the humble corners I've recreated, making good use of old stuff like a clock radio and a portable CD players with speakers.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was so pleased to find that they're still functioning after decades of non-use.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although my NT home is over 30 years old, its environment has been revitalized.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The artificial lake is nice. I've never got tired of watching swans, whether black or white, loitering in their sanctuary.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love to have something in a lakeside restaurant too.
Peter finishes skimming through the files.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I won't get any bonus for spending more time on them.
Peter leaves.
INT. MALL - NOON
Walking past a Chinese noodles store, Peter backtracks.
PETER (V.O.): I haven't had such noodles for decades. Let me try them again.
Later, while consuming the noodles, Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The eating reminds me of the reason why I haven't had it for a long time.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It may not be good for my health. Hope that I won't get any food poisoning meanwhile.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've an appeal to make tomorrow.
Act 3
INT. SWIMMING POOL - LATE AFTERNOON
PETER (V.O.): I need to relax, having done a rough draft on the facts of a dispute concerning several domain names.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I want to stop non-stop working. I don't want to live to work.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While I can't go back to change the past, I can restart from where I'm and change the ending.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And no matter how busy I'm, I've got to support my dear wife. I've got a new plan.
INT. SITTING ROOM - NIGHT
Peter chats with his wife. The look pleased.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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