A Day To Remember
FADE IN:
INT. STUDY - NIGHT
The wall clock registers 1.00 am. PETER works on his computer with sleepy eyes.
PETER
It's still Christmas Day in Europe.
Let me finish off with sending my
greetings.
FLASHBACK
INT. RECEPTION - NIGHT
Peter mingles with guests. LADY#1 (50s) approaches Peter.
LADY#1
I haven't received your Christmas
greetings ever since your retirement.
Peter just smiles.
PETER (V.O.)
Yes, I intend to be reactive, having
been proactive since the 1990s...
But I respond to any greetings sent
to me...
INT - RESTAURANT - NIGHT
Peter dines with a GROUP. Sitting next to Peter is LADY #2 (60s).
LADY#2
Ever since your retirement, I
haven'received your Christmas
greetings...
PETER
(Nodding)
Instead of telling my stories
annually, I do it daily...
Peter takes out his phone.
PETER (Cont'd)
At the end of my email are
my contact details, including
my main website. I document
my stories in my blog posts.
Lady #2 watches Peter's demonstration.
END FLASHBACK
INT. SLEEPING ROOM
Waking up, Peter reaches out for his phone and checks mails.
PETER (V.O.)
This group is still exchanging
greetings after Christmas... Yes
there 's so much to do in the
run-up to it... I've missed to
respond too...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Let me tell my story in the
run-up to this Christmas then.
Peter writes an email with more than three paras. We see: "I was in Shanghai, visiting a Shanghai-Hong Kong Banking Museum on Christmas day." He touches the SEND key.
Peter's WIFE opens her sleepy eyes.
WIFE
I've bought myself a gift - a
Chanel bag.
PETER
On my account then.
WIFE
(Pleased)
Thank you for your Christmas
gift!
PETER
Have you called our cousin
for a stone?
WIFE
(Happily)
Yes, already.
FLASHBACK
INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT
Peter, wife, CRYSTAL (22), ZENO (20) and ECHO (18) sit at a table. Peter makes a statement.
PETER
It's great that all of you are
home. When boxing day
comes, Mom and Dad would
have married for 25 years.
Would you all like to celebrate
with us?
The children shake their heads sideways.
ECHO
It's a matter between the
two of you...
PETER
(Staring at the children)
Without us, all of you won't
be here!
WIFE
(To Peter)
We'll go to Sai Kung with our
pet.
(To the children)
Come if you can.
PETER
(To Wife)
Okay, you order another stone
on my account then.
Peter's wife smiles.
END FLASHBACK
INT. PHONE RETAILER - DAY
Peter buys a mobile and gets glued to it.
PETER (V.0.)
This is my second new one in
months...It's good to associate
it with a day to remember.
EXT. SAI KUNG - DAY
Peter, wife and Zeno walk KAJI (2) the pet dog along the promenade. They then get seated in a restaurant. They look ordinarily happy.
FADE OUT. The End