Kaya 咖吔/咖央

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SUPERMARKET - AFTERNOON

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7. PETER checks some jars in racks.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Where do they place the honey?

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11. Checking.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What are these new items?

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15. Peter checks the labels of two jars.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What is Kaya 咖吔?

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19. Checking.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is it the same as 咖央?

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23. Peter captures a photo of the new merchandise.

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25. Act 2

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27. FLASHBACK

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29. EXT. STANLEY STREET, CENTRAL - DAY (1958)

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31. A long row of sidewalk snack booths. Peter (4) and his DAD (26) sit at a table.

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33. DAD: One 咖央多!

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35. PETER (V.O.): What's 咖央多? We used to have 奶油多.

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37. Pausing.

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39. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Toast (多 ) is already nice. We don't have a toaster oven at home.

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41. Pausing.

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43. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Toast with butter is nicer. We don't have a fridge to keep butter at home.

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45. Pausing.

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47. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Our home is at 3 Graham Street 1/F, Central, overlooking these snack booths.

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49. Pausing.

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51. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My family members wanted me to memorize our home address. If I got lost, the Police can take me home.

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53. Pausing.

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55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I know 奶油多 is toast with butter and sweetened condensed milk. It's my favourite.

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57. A WAITER puts one 咖央多 on the table. Peter examines the spread.

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59. PETER: 咖央 looks like fruit jam...

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61. Peter begins to sample his share of the toast.

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63. PETER: Oh Dad, it's very delicious!

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65. Dad smiles.

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67. SEQUENCE OF PETER'S QUEST FOR 咖央多

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69. A. SIDEWALK SNACK BOOTH, HUNG SHUI KIU (1964 - 1968). We hear Peter asking for 咖央多 and someone replying: What's that?

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71. B. CASTLE PEAK HOTEL. CASTLE PEAK ROAD, 17 miles (1969 - 1974). Working as a waiter, Peter checks the menu on toasts. We see no 咖央多.

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73. C. CHA CHAAN TENG, HONG KONG (1975 - 2014). Peter checks the menu and doesn't see any 咖央多 listed.

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75. D. SIDEWALK SNACK BOOTH, STANLEY STREET (2015). Having checked the menu, Peter speaks to himself: I couldn't have mistaken. My memory is vivid.

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77. END SEQUENCE

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79. EXT. MARKET, KUALA LUMPUR - DAY (2017)

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81. Guided by a FRIEND, Peter checks the merchandise on display.

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83. PETER: Have you ever heard of 咖央? It's a kind of jam.

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85. FRIEND: We have coconut jam - Kaya or 咖吔.

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87. His friend shows him some green jam in a jar.

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89. PETER: No, the colour isn't green. Anyway, I'll try it.

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91. Peter buys one bottle.

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93. INT. MALL STORE, KUALA LUMPUR - DAY (2019)

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95. Peter grabs half-a-dozen jars of green coconut jam.

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97. PETER (V.O.): They taste similar to the one I had when I was a kid. But the 咖央 I had wasn't green.

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99. RETURN TO PRESENT

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101. Act 3

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103. INT. KITCHEN - LATER

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105. Opening a jar of coconut egg kaya, Peter examines it.

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107. PETER (V.O.): The colour is right. But it looks thick and less liquid than the ones I bought in KL and what I first tried when I was a kid.

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109. Peter samples it.

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111. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The texture is rich. It tastes alright...

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113. Pausing.

115. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But no flavour can beat the one I had when my Dad was around.

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117. Peter looks lost.

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119. FADE OUT

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121. THE END