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No Worries

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS
  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT - SLEEPING ROOM - DAY


  4. Lying against the bed back with a phone in hand, PETER is thinking.


  5. PETER (V.O.): A Quoran asks me to share a picture of a time when I've no worries.


  6. Pausing.


  7. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That's a challenge. I worry a lot all the time.


  8. Pausing.


  9. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm dealing with a complicated arbitration online; and I've the what-if thinking.


  10. Pausing.


  11. PETER (V.O.): I'm worrying that there might be technical problems that might prevent my handing down of my arbitration decision in time.


  12. Pausing.


  13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm worrying if my work would delay or eat into my time in doing exercises, in creating works and in following webinars.


  14. Pausing.


  15. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm worrying I may not have the time to take a car for a roadworthy testing in time.


  16. Recalling.


  17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I couldn't recall a time when I had no worries, not to mention a photo of that.


  18. Pausing.


  19. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I know from experience that most of what I worry never happens.


  20. Act 2


  21. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - CONTINUOUS


  22. Pausing.


  23. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): So why do I worry at all?


  24. Peter surfs the web.


  25. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): Worrying is tiring as people's nervous system is on high alert.


  26. Pausing.


  27. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I worry because I can't foresee everything that may happen to me. I don't want to get upset by surprise.


  28. Thinking.


  29. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): If I don't worry, I might become complacent. Worrying motivates me to take better control of the situation.


  30. Thinking.


  31. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): And I've learned to become concerned, striving to find solutions.


  32. FLASHBACK


  33. INT. RESTING ROOM, HKU - DAY (1981)


  34. Relaxing on different bean bags, Peter (27) chats with a female CLASSMATE (19).


  35. PETER: I worry a lot about the coming exams. There's so much stuff to read and I don't have enough time.


  36. Pausing.


  37. CLASSMATE: Nobody has enough time to study all the stuff. I just read as much as I could and won't worry.

  38. Pausing.


  39. PETER (V.O.): She's right. No one is complacent in Law School. Everybody is doing their best. If I've done my level best, I should have no regret.


  40. END FLASHBACK


  41. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): She's always cheerful. Her remark has helped me accept my fear and redirect my attention to my studies. I became just concerned.


  42. Pausing.


  43. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I passed exams after exams. In my PCLL year at HKU, I was actually looking forward to sitting the exam as I was very well prepared.


  44. Thinking.


  45. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But that was an exception. My habit of worrying has never left me.


  46. Pausing.


  47. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Do we have any choice at all to let go some worrying?


  48. Recalling.


  49. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I woke up early this morning and couldn't go back to sleep again. I got up to get something done, and hence seeing the Quoran answer request.


  50. Peter taps his phone screen casually.


  51. PETER (V.O.) : Here's another challenge: If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.


  52. Staring at his phone screen.


  53. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My memory is bad too. Another misery.


  54. Act 3


  55. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - CONTINUOUS


  56. Pausing.


  57. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But I can check it up in my diary.


  58. After checking his e-diary on the phone, Peter smiles.


  59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was worrying about completing an online arbitration case - the same old worries.


  60. Pausing.


  61. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Let me check my photo app to see if there was a time when I had no worries.


  62. Peter scrolls his phone screen.


  63. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Ha, here's one!

  64. Smiling


  65. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I looked like a guitar warrior - not a worrier!


  66. Peter inserts the photo in his answer draft.


  67. FADE OUT.


  68. THE END


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