Happy New Year!!! New Year’s Eve 31st December 2008

I noticed a hot girl sitting on a table across me.  I thought its fun trying to picking her up, to kill time, while waiting for Jackie, but I couldn’t think of any good pick up line and dismissed the idea.

Jackie and I were planning to go watch New Year fire work in the city tonight, Jackie is late he told me via a text message, I ended up waiting for him in front of Central Train Station’s Hungry Jack.

Jackie finally arrived.  “Sorry, man.” He said he wore a black T shirt.

“Hey man, what’s up.” I said

“So, you bring any girls?” Jackie asked.

“Na, man” I said

“What about you, where’s your girl friend?” I continued

“She’s back in China for New Year.” Jackie said.  Jackie and his girl friend are Chinese oversea students, they met in Australia.

“Hey, I called two friends of mine to join us, hope you’re OK with it.” Jackie said

“Sure” I said

I never understand why Jackie always say he is lonely, every time we hang out, he managed to bring along more people, most of the time, people I don’t even know and different people just about every time.

It took us a while, to find Jackie’s friends David and Paul, in front of a Central Station’s entrance/exit, near a male toilet.  David and Paul are Koreans, they wore white T shirts.  Paul wears glasses.

We had to get to Darling Harbor, where the firework is, but all trains to nearby stations stopped, due to over crowding, so we walked.

I am not sure when, but I think by the time we got to Town Hall, the cops had the road sealed off from the cars, for pedestrians.

The government organized celebrations only exist in Darling Harbor, but the party has extended beyond it and we found ourselves within the party, still miles away.  There were lots of people in the city that night and a lot were walking, towards Darling Harbor, most in their late teens or twenties.  Every time, I saw a group of girls that’s worth picking up and wanted Paul to be my partner, he chicken out, so I have to chicken out too.

“Come on man.” I said, after the third time Paul chickened out.

“You are just here to pick up chicks aren’t you?” Jackie joked

“It’s just a bit of fun, New Year.” I said

“I’ll be your partner.” David said

“Yeah, David is out going.” Jackie replied

After a while, we saw a girl, standing on the sidewalk, checking her mobile.

“That one looks good.  You want to go pick her up.?” I said

“Ok,” David said

“Ok, let’s go.” I said

“You serious?” David asked

“Yeah, of course, let’s go.” I said

David and I pretended to be tourist, asking random people for direction and that girl with the mobile is that random person. 

David and I walked towards the girl acting confidently, Jackie who can’t join us because he has a girl friend and Paul who chickened out again, waited behind a convenient store.

“Hey, can you tell us the way to Darling Harbor, buddy?” we said, the girl probably didn’t hear us and didn’t respond.

So, David and I kept walking, until we reached a distance bit away from the girl.

“No response!” We burst into laughter.

I guess the girl didn’t have a clue what was going on, she was still looking at her phone listening to her walkman.  David and I walked back towards Jackie and Paul.

“What happened?” Jackie asked.

“No response” we laughed.  We started walking towards Darling Harbor again.

The crowd become thicker and thicker, a second of carelessness and you will be lost from your mates, the street was all lighted up, every once in a while, you hear people yelling “Happy New Year” or coming up to you, wishing you a happy new year, we always replied positively.

The local bars, Seven Eleven and MacDonald were jam packed with people.  The streets were full of people celebrating, there were a happy atmosphere all over the city and just about everybody were having a good time. 

“I lost everybody.” I heard a girl said

“Where the hell are Paul and Jackie man.” I asked David, when we finally lost them. 

“I don’t know.” David replied, we started looking for Jackie and Paul, we couldn’t fin them and decided to keep looking for them and use the chance to pick up girls.

“What about that one.” David said there was a red head girl, wearing an orange jumpsuit checking her camera, standing a bit away from us.

“Look cute.” I said

We decided that I will tell her that David wanted to take a picture with her for New Year good luck and see how we goes from there, but by the time David and I completed our strategy discussion, the girl already finished checking her camera and was starting to walk towards another direction.

“Man, where is she going.” David said

I started laughing, then David started laughing too, we dismissed the idea of picking up that girl.

“How are you my horny friends?” Jackie and Paul walked up from behind us, a few minutes later.

“Where the hell was you guys?” I asked

I can’t remember Jackie’s reply.  We started waling towards Darling Harbor again.

By the time we reached Darling Harbor, it was sealed off, due to over crowding.

We choose a spot, with a good view of midnight’s firework and sat down, along with hundred and thousands of people, who didn’t get into the harbor.  After a little while, we decided it’s still early and went to a bar nearby.

The bar was jammed packed with people and it was so noisy, I can barely hear myself think.  The bar owner putted plenty of chairs and tables on the sidewalk and a lot of people choose to enjoy their drink outdoor.  The sidewalk was jammed packed.

I saw a hot dog stand nearby, considering Jackie was buying everybody beers, I decided to get everybody hot dogs.  I thought the hot dogs would be at most, two dollars and fifty cent each, but it was five dollars each!!!  “What a rip of!!!” I thought

We started chatting amount ourselves and enjoy the occasion’s atmosphere.  There was a group of young people walking down the main road, yelling on the top of their lungs “Happy New Year.  We love you all!!!” as they walked along

Nobody is sure who they are, but everybody yelled, happy new year in return.

There were a few couples, making out in public, without revealing any part of their body, other then their heads.

By the time it was Eleven o’clock, we decided to find a sweet spot to watch the midnight firework.  It took us, half an hour to find a spot.  There were twice as much people sitting there.

“Hey, isn’t she that girl we wanted to pick up earlier today?” I said to David, pointing to a girl wearing orange jumpsuit, she was with another black hair girl wearing the same cloth.  They were taking people’s photos, with permission.

“Yeah, I think she is taking photos of people.” David said

“I’ll go ask her, when she come by.” I said she was still taking photos of another group of people.

Once she finished, she and her friend started jogging up the road, towards the direction we were in.  I ran over.

“Hey, are you guys taking photos of people.” I asked

“Yeah, would you guys like one.” The girls smiled

“Sure.” I said

The girls ran a few steps to where, Jackie, David, Paul and I were sitting.

The four of us scrammed together, Jackie was on the left, I was on central left, David was on the central right and Paul was on the right.

“Say cheese.” The black head girl said.  She snapped the picture.

“Ok, now you join in.” we said, the red head girl jumped into the frame between Jackie and me

The black hair girl took two photos.

“Ok, now its, my turn.” The black hair girl said, hanging the camera to her friend and jumped into the frame.

The red hair girl took a photo with only the four of us guys and one with her friend amount us.

Then we returned to our sweet spot, to wait for the firework and the girls left to take more photos.

It was twelve o’clock and the firework is about to begin.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Happy New Year!” The crowd yelled.

The firework began, there’s a big difference between watching it on TV, then been here.  On TV, you are watching from a remote location, but here, it’s all around us.  It’s a beautiful piece of art work.

The firework eventually ended, I wish it lasted longer.  The army of people that swamped into the city all night is now, heading back to their shelters.

Standing in front of a local bar’s window, a DJ kept the part going, mixing music for the public.  A lot of people stopped to watch, every once in a while, the DH threw flying kisses into her audience.  She is hot.  I guess she is in her early twenties.

We reached Town Hall and parted with Paul, who lives in the city.

Jackie, David and I walked into the train station.  We’re on different platforms.  We said goodbyes and split up.

“Enjoy life when you still can, tomorrow, you will be facing all the shit life throws at you in 2009.” I thought

Short Story: Ezzy, Philip & Butch

Ezzy: Why do you have to hit him!

Philip: Oh, so all in a sudden I am the bad guy? He is the one that attacked me, thank you very much and along with his two giant gangster friends over there.

Ezzy: Look at him. He is on the ground. He is hurt.

Philip: He had a knife! A butcher knife, what am I suppose to do about it? The other one had a chain saw and the third one have the size of a fist that can kill a man with one punch. What am I suppose to do? It is either they or I?

Ezzy: He is just joking.

Philip: Oh, yeah. He is just joking, all right? Do you think somebody that was just joking would have smash an entire fence with a chain saw? By the way he was aiming at me. I just managed to move quickly enough not to get chop. Do you think I…

Ezzy: Look at him his hurt!

Philip: He is not hurt OK? I did a spin kick that knock off all three of them down in one go. It won’t kill them. He is not even been injure for Christ sack! He is just lying there acting like a crybaby. God! He doesn’t even have what it takes to run off screaming, like his two friend over there.

Butch: It…

Philip: SHUT UP!!!

Ezzy: Don’t shout at him that way!

Philip: Oh, what, now all in the sudden I am the bad guy? Hey, I am not the one that asked my self to come and pick you up from the hospital, thank you very much. No, I didn’t. In fact, I was having a very good time eating breakfast and watching cartoon at home, thank you very much. Then I received a phone call from you to ask me to pick you up from the hospital and the next thing I know, I ended up in this jack shit!!!

Ezzy: You didn’t have to come.

Philip: So you should be grateful that I did!

Ezzy: I could have asked somebody else!

Philip: You know what? You are right, it is none of my business and in fact I cannot be bothered to care any more. You know what? In fact the next time, you have your god dame gangster boy friend bashing you up, don’t come running to me and start crying. The next time, he bashed you up and you ended up in hospital don’t ask me to pick you up, from the hospital. The next time he is going around having sex with other woman in your bedroom, with you around, don’t come running to me crying your head off. To be hones, I am getting pretty sick and tire of it. It is like talking to brick wall and if that is the way you want it then so be it. Don’t talk to me, don’t!

Butch: Hey what I do with my woman is none of you’re…

Philip: SHUT UP!!! YOU WANT ME TO BASH YOU UP FOR REAL IS IT!!!? BECAUSE, I AM REALLY IN THE MOOD OF IT, RIGHT NOW. SO DON’T TRY TO PISS ME OFF EVEN MORE.

Butch: No, sir, no…

Ezzy: Stop terrifying him.

Philip: Oh, so all in a sudden I am the bad guy, ha? That is it, isn’t it? I am the bad guy and he is the good guy. Well, if he is such a lovely person, then why do you have to annoy me, with your pathetic personal life, Ha, Ha, Tell me, HA? Go back to him and live you little fairy tale life style would you? Please, I beg you, because I am really getting sick and tire of all your personal issues. I repeat “sick and tire of it” So stop bothering me with your personal issues, I have been listening to this shit for three years and this is what I get in return. You know what, I am the bad guy. Great, this is just great. Tell you what, don’t ever talk to me, don’t ever look at me, in fact you know what? I do not ever want to see your face again. You hear that? “Never again”

Ezzy: He is a…well…I mean…

Philip: What, get to the point would you? Yeah, I heard it all before, “You love him and you can not leave him” yeah I heard it about a million times already. You cannot leave him despise the fact he physically and emotionally abuse you on a daily basis. I heard it all before. God dame it! I don’t know what is the problem with you? What the hell happened to that Ezzy we once know? I mean hello? Are you still alive inside and what the fuck are you doing with the little punk any way?

Ezzy: He makes me feel special.

Philip: Yeah, I heard this entire deal before. He makes you fell special. He told you “You are beautiful”. He said he cares about you. Well, if that little punk really gives a dame about you, he is surly doing one a hell of a good job showing it. I mean how many times, have you asked me to pick you up from the hospital this month, three times? What about last month, four times or maybe five?

Ezzy: Can you at least not be so loud? I don’t want the entire world know about me personal life.

Philip: And maybe it is time they do, why won’t you tell any body else about this jack shit, apart from me anyway? Do you parents know about this?

Ezzy: Please, Philip, you cannot tell them about it. Please.

Philip: Why not?

Ezzy: They might want me to leave him.

Philip: As if it is such a bad thing. Have you told any other of your friends about it? What about your best mate, April?

Ezzy: Can we just forget about this, please? Today is my birthday.

Philip: No, we cannot forget about it Ezzy, not today, not tomorrow, Ok? We are going to sort this out once and for all, right here, right now, because I am having more then enough of this shit, to last for more then one life time. Maybe it is time for you to start telling some of your other friends, about what is going on apart from me.

Ezzy: I told you about it, because I trust you.

Philip: And maybe, it is the problem. It is time to start letting other people know about it. Have you see that shrink, I told you to go and see?

Butch: You are not going to go and see that…

Philip: SHUT UP, YOU LITTLE PUNK. OR, I’LL KNOCK THE SHIT, OUT OF YOU. YOU HEAR THAT?

Butch: Why you…ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch. I am sorry. I am sorry, please, let me go. Please, please, ouch, ouch.

Philip: You try to bash me up again and you will know, who is going to get bash up for real, do you understand?

Butch: yes, sir, I am sorry sir, I am sorry.

Philip: And give me that thing, what are you doing with that fruit knife anyway, ha? Trying to kill me with it, are you? I’ll hold on to that from now onwards, thank you very much.

Ezzy: Stop calling him a little punk.

Philip: Or what else do you want me to call him, the word little punk still over value him.

Ezzy: Stop calling him that.

Philip: Oh, you got a lot of guts do you? If you got so many guts, then why don’t you tell him what you are thinking? Why don’t you tell him, what you have told me? Why do you put up with every single shit he throws at you, ha?

Ezzy: I tried, but he gets angry.

Philip: So what, then dump him.

Ezzy: I can’t it is hard.

Philip: My god you are hopeless, so you are going to put up with any sort of shit that guy throws at you? Just in reminder, he is going to merry somebody else and keeps on seen you. Oh yes, I almost forgot. You have agreed to that, as well.

Ezzy: I don’t know how to leave him.

Philip: God, you are hopeless. You do know, once that happened, you are going to be lower grade from girl friend to mistress, right?

Ezzy: No, I won’t. I was there first

Philip: Look. I am going to give you this phone number. It is a psychological help line. They specialize in girls with problems like yours. Give them a call Ok? But up until then I am not going to be bother talking to you again, because personally I don’t see the point in talking to you any more. It is more like talking to a fucket brick wall. I can’t really be bothered to give a dame anymore. You hurt me deep Ezzy. I have been there for you for the past three years, despite the fact I didn't really want to have anything to do with it and today this is what I got in return. I am made into the bad guy. Despite the fact, that jerk you are going out with, tried to chop me into pieces and just in reminder, he just bump into us, because he have been spending the night screwing with some slut in the city.

Ezzy: I cannot help the way I feel.

Philip: Go and get some help. They will help you to work things out, but up until then, I am not going to be bothered talking to you again.

Ezzy: OK

Philip: You got any money?

Ezzy: No

Philip: Here is three dollars, catch a train home if you are afraid that little punk of yours is going to bash you up in the car. Good by. Anyway, my girlfriend is on the phone. I am getting the hell out of here

Short film script: Summer Rain

Short film script: Summer Rain

 

Written by Jui-Wei Yang

1. EXT. LONDON. AFTERNOON TWENTY NINTH’S OF JUNE 1916.
One camera shot of London, from the sky. There are plenty of streets. The building lined up on both side. On the streets, there were slight shadows of people, with there everyday doings. There are horse carriages, with people riding them to places. In the background, faded sound of bomb shells exploding repeated itself constantly and apart from that, it was all quiet.

2. EXT. BEHIND THE BRITISH LINE, ON THE WESTERN FRONT. DAY TIME THIRTY’S OF JUNE 1916.

The giant gun was aimed steeply against the sky. The Soldiers loaded a bomb shell into the giant gun and let it fire into the sky. The giant gun of the cannon push itself backwards furiously, by the force of the bomb it shot, but the cannon refuse to move backwards and the big gun move back into it’s place. An empty case felled out from the back of the cannon. The soldiers loaded another one and repeated the same pattern.

3. EXT. ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, SEVEN TWENTY EIGHT IN THE MORNING

The artillery shell continues to fire upon the German line, it created very little damage towards the German trenches. The bar wires was horribly tangled, almost impossible to cross. The ground of no man’s land was turned into a great mud pit, by the exploding shells and rain.

All in a sudden, it all gone quiet, it was so quiet you could even hear the sound of a whisper. Subtitle appeared on the bottom of the screen. “1916 Battle of the Somme”


4. EXT. IN A BRITISH TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
It was all quiet; the sounds of the individual soldiers breathing could be heard. The camera focus onto the ground of the trench floor, a river of urine mixed with mudded rain waters and garbage water ran parallel, with the front line trench.

The next shot focused on a very big rat, sniffing around within the trench and then climb into the hole, it have dug into, the trench wall.

After that, the shot focus onto David, standing amount his fellow comrades. The sound of a whistle filled the air. The soldiers started to clime of out their trenches and onto the front.

5. EXT. IN A GERMAN TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
A German soldier clime out of his concreted trench and set up his machine gun. Ahead of him, the British were struggling to charge against them. No man’s land was a giant mud pit. It was impossible to cross. Some of the British troops was been tangled into the German or British barbwires, some were been shot or killed by enemy fires, others are still charging.

The German soldier open fired with the machine gun. There was no need to aim, the British was everywhere. A whole line of British soldier fall down, as they were been shot by his machine gun.

6. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY TO EIGHT IN THE MORNING
David charged towards the German trench. A line of machine gun bullet shot across David’s chest. The force pushed him behind for a several times until he fell to the ground. It was far too painful for David to even scream. He just lied there silently and lifeless.

Lieutenant (O/S)
(Fainted shout)
Hold on, David

Sound of a stream of machine gun from behind.

Lieutenant (O/S)
(Fainted shout) Watch out!!!

The sound of gun shot and Machine gun firing in the back ground

Soldier One (O/S)
(Fainted Shout) Watch Out!!!

The sound of even more cross fire, then all the sounds on the battle field disappeared. The camera aimed at David’s face, facing towards the sky with not expression at all.

FADE IN SLOWLY.

7. INT. IN DAVID’S MEMORY, IN THE HOUSE OF A WEALTHY MAN, AT LONDON. 1911 AFTERNOON
David and a middle age man seem to be having a conversation. There was no sound, but through their expression the conversation seems to be delightful and they were laughing and joking in the same time. The middle age man was sitting on the couch on the left side of the room, while David sat on the chair on the right hand side of the room. It was suppose to be a big bright yellow room, but the image was rather dark, almost black and white. At the end of the room, there was a wooden door, leading towards the next room. The image of the floor was blurry.

The next camera shot was blurry, but brighten up a little bit, it aimed at Amali coming into the room. She was wearing a white dress, beautifully decorated by red and purple pattern. She was a beautiful girl, age from her late teens to early twenties.

The camera was shot from David’s eye view. David stood up and Amali was facing him. Beside him, David saw the faded shadow of the middle age man.

Amali’s mother (S/O)
This is my daughter, Amali.

Amali smiled shyly.

8. EXT. DAVID’S MOMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
It was late at night. The street was quiet, Amali and David walked out of, one of the few restaurants that are still open. The camera was aimed at the door way out side the restaurant. David and Amali walked out of it, still laughing. They were still very well dressed. David was in his former gentlemen cloth while, Amali was wearing a purple dress. Amali’s hair was still tied up in a ball behind her, but it was a little disorganized.

Inside the restaurant, the light was been turned off. A shop keeper was closing the restaurant down for that day.

FADE IN FROM THE RIGHT

9. EXT. DAVID’S MEMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
David was throwing up the bad food he had eaten, by the side of the street. Amali stood next to him. The image was a little bit blurry. The back ground was missing and replaced by grayness.

David stops throwing up and return to full height.

Amali
Are you feeling…?

Amali suddenly stopped to throw up, totally unpredictable.

David
Are you alright now?

Amali nodded her head

Amali
(Said under her voice)
yeah

All in a sudden, a bucket of water pour down from above and then onto Amali. Amali stood there stunt, she was soak from head to toe.

At the same time, the back ground of the neighborhood all in a sudden become clear in David’s memory. The grayness was replaced by a line of town houses that look identical to one and another. They were all two storage buildings.

Another bucket of water fell down from the sky. This time it soaked David from head to toe.

David and Amali looked at each other, instead of been angry, they were laughing. Then it started to rain and they laugh even more.

The next camera shot was shot from a distance, Amali and David walked away together in the rain. It was too far to tell what they were doing from where the camera was shooting.

FADE IN

10. INT. DAVID’S MOMORY DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
David sat in his wealthy house, the Camera made a close up shot of him. The background of the memory was blurry, there was nothing but gray. He looked very tired and his eyes were red for not sleeping for days. He beard have grow slightly, from not shaving. He sat in the same position, with the expression of a broken man on his face. He lean one of his hand on his beautiful expensive looking table. On the table was a bottle of half drank whisky and there was a glass on the table, with a cup of half fill whisky. David sat in the exact same position without moving.

(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
Your ship of cargo from China has sunk.

Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.

(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pound…Your cargo
from China have sunk.

Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.

(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds. You ship of
cargo from China have sunk.

Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.

(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds.

Amali (O/S)
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.

11. INT. DAVID’S MEMMORY WEALTHY UPPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 Afternoon
It was the same living room to scene seven. This time the wealthy middle class man stood on the left hand side of the room. Amali stood on the right hand side of the room. Amali’s mother stood in the middle.

Amali
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.

The middle age man’s face was red from been angry with Amali.

Middle age man
(Angrily)
I don’t care if you love him! I am not going
to allow my daughter to be with that buster
and that is final!

Amali’s mother
(Sweetly)
Amali dear, why do you want to have anything
to do with him any way? He is not rich
anymore. Now, we should be looking for a man
on our status, shouldn’t we?

Amali
I don’t care mother.

Middle age man
(Serious tone)
Now, you listen to me Amali. I introduce you
with David, because back then he was one of
the wealthiest bachelors in London. Now, he
isn’t and I don’t want you or any other body
in this family to have anything with that poor
buster. I am your father, Amali and I forbid
you, do you understand? And that is final.

Amali frowned

Amali
Good by, father.

Amali ran out the front door of the house, which was opposite to the door that leads to the back rooms.

Middle age man
(Yelled)
Amali, you come back here right now, you hear
me?

Amali ignored Middle age man and continue running.

12. INT. DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
It was the same room and scene as in scene ten. The gray backdrop was been replaced by a wall of book shelf with books in every single one of them. The floor was decorated by a red carpet with classy looking pattern. All of the furniture looked very expensive. David was sitting in the same position as scene ten with a bottle of almost empty whisky on the table and an almost empty glass. Amali walked in from behind.

David
(Coldly, with out turning around)
What are you doing here?

Amali stopped and stood behind David

Amali
I heard what happened to you cargo.

David
So what? You come here to mock me as well? I
have enough of that for one day.

Amali stood there silently.

David
I thought your father doesn’t allow for you to
see me.

David took another sip of whisky

Amali
He doesn’t, but I come anyway.

David
You should go home. Your father will be angry.

Amali
I don’t care about what he thinks.

David
Well, you should, now get lost.

David refills his empty glass with whisky and took another sip. Amali move forward to stand in front of David

Amali
(Raise her voice a little bit)
Can you stop drinking that thing? How much of
those did you have?

David
(A little bit angry)
What of your business is it? Get lost?

Amali took a step back, a bit frighten. David calm down.

David
(Calmly)
I lost everything you should go now.

Amali
I don’t care.

David
You should.

13. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David lied on the Western Front, his eyes was powerless. Blood was leaking out of from his wounds and soaking his dirty uniform. David lied facing to the sky. His helmet has fallen off. There were no sounds in the background. Slowly and painfully he reaches for his pocket to grab something out.

David was breathing hard. The camera aimed at his hand taking a photo out of his pocket. Slowly and painfully, David pulled the photo towards him self, to look at it. The camera shot focused onto the black and white photo of Amali. The photo was blooded.

14. EXT. ON THE STREET. 1913 MORNING
David ran down the street. He reached a big white house that was two storages tall.

Outside the house there were a gardener and a few other servants, in their uniform. David ran towards the big house. The servants stop to block him at the door way. David tried to push his way through them

David
No, I come to see Amali

Servant 1
(Shout)
Get away!

David
(Quickly explain)
No, I got the job

Servant 2
(Shout)
Get Lost!

Middle age man came out of the house

Middle age Man
(Shouted angrily)
What are you doing here?

Run forward to brush David off.

David
No, I got the job, I got the job.

Middle age Man
(Shouted angrily)
Get off my property, you buster!

David gave up turn around and ran towards his next destination.

15. EXT/INT.WORKING CLASS APARTMENT 1913 MORNING
David ran into the working class house. Inside the room, was an old man reading newspaper. On the table in front of him, was a slice of bread with butter and a big black finger mark on it. Right behind it, was a kitchen, it had a pile of dishes upon it and it was difficult to see the table’s surface. Amali was sitting on chair opposite to the old man.

David
(Said to Amali excitedly)
I got the job, I got the job. I’ll soon be a
rich man again.

Amali were just as excited as David was.

16. INT. THE DINGING ROOM OF A WEALTHY HOME, 1914 NIGHT
David, Amali, the middle age man, Amali’s mother and a whole lot of guest, sat around the long dinning table. Standing behind them were maids, dressed in their uniform. The room was huge. The dinning room table was long and rectangular, with one chair on each of the shorter sides and six chairs on the longer sides. The furniture and decoration of the room looked very classy. The middle age man and Amali’s mother each took one of the shorter sides. David and Amali sat next to each other on the table. Above the table, there were expansive food and wine. Everyone in that party was very well dressed. There was one young man that was in military uniform. Middle age man stood up from his chair to make a toast.

Middle age man
Ok, firstly I want to thank every one for
coming here. As for all of you can see, the
war have finally been declare. As you can see,
Philip, there have already joined up. The war
will be short and glorious, Philip.

Middle age man nodded and smile to the young man in military uniform. The young man in military uniform smile and nodded in reply.

Middle age man
And one other thing, I would like introduce
you to my daughter Amali and my soon to be son
in law, which is one of the most successful
stockbrokers in London, David. So, to the
king, to Britain and to the happy couple.

Middle age man raise his glasses, everybody else followed

Guests
To the king, to Britain and to the happy
couple

17. INT/EXT. MIDDLE AGE MAN’S FACTORY 1915 AFTERNOON
Amali was working in the middle age man’s factory. Nearly half of the people working in the factory are women. They were doing the heavy factory work.

David walks to the entrance of the factory. Amali saw David coming. She quickly wipe the black patrol oil away from her hands and tidy up her hair a little, then she ran out to greed him. David had a more serious expression on his face.

David
I just got recruited to war.

Amali
What?

David
I got recruited. They send me the letter
yesterday.

Amali stood there for a second, for a minute she looks as if, she was about to cry.

David
Hey, everything is going to be fine, alright?

Amali
(Almost crying)
Have you heard of the casualty
rate up on the front? What if you…

David
Hey, I’ll come back, OK? And when I do, you
will be the most beautiful bride in the world.
OK?

Amali smiled a little bit.

Amali
Ok

The Camera shot aimed at Amali’s face. David’s hand touch Amali’s face to wipe away a drop o tears on the side of her cheek. Amali smiled

18. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David was still lying there on the front. The camera aimed at the photo of Amali which David was looking at. The camera aimed at David’s hand holding and then photo dropping to the ground lifelessly.

The next camera shot aimed from David’s eye point of view. At first, it was within his dead body on the western front. Then it started to float towards the sky, horizontally.

The camera which was from David’s eye view turned around to look at the ground. On the ground was David’s dead body, lying there dirty and lifelessly on the western front. In the background there were still the sounds of people fighting.

19. EXT. AMALI’S BED ROOM 1918 MORNING
Amali was writing a letter in her bed room. She sat by a small wooden table next to her bed. She smiled when she wrote the letter. Amali’s sister entered the room. She was slightly younger than Amali, but has the same gorgeous charm, her sister have

Amali’s sister
What are you doing?

Amali
(Happily)
Sending a card to, David.

Amali finished writing the letter she smiled as she looked at her finished product.

Amali’s sister
You know, it has been nearly two years since
you heard from him.

Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back.

Amali’s sister
I don’t think he will be.

Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back

Amali walked away from the table, trying to fighting back a drop of tear. Amali’s sister walked out of the room. Amali tried to fight back the tears for a few more second, until she it finally busted out like flame and she lied there, crying beside her bed.

The camera shot slowly move away from Amali and onto the small table where Amali was writing her card and than zoom into a close up to the card. Upon the card was a picture of a young woman holding flowers in her hand. The other half was empty. Upon the empty half wrote a line of words.

“You are the only boy, I ever love. “Love Amali”

Mum knows best is the most none sense concept in the world

I don't know about you, but the idea of "mum knows best" is probably the most none sense concept in the world and I am not stating an opinion here, I am stating a fact.

Why do I say that? Well, the whole concept of "mum knows best" follow the idea that "Your mum is always right and you are always wrong, when you and your mum believe in different thing."

Now lets evaluate this believe with facts, Lets take for example, if a patient has brain tumor, it would naturally require the knowledge of a professional doctor to determine how to remove it, with the highest posibility of having the patient coming back alive and with no permanent damage. But if we let your everyday friendly neighborhood lady that owns the newsagent, who is never a doctor and never been to medical school either, determine how to remove the brain tumor, I think...well...the possibility for the surgery to be a success is, 1 in a million.

Now, if the lady who own the newsagent believe we should remove the brain tumor through method A and the doctor believe we should remove the brain tumor through method B and only one of the two characters are right, who do you think is more likely to be right, the doctor right?

Now, if the lady who owns the newsagent happens to be the doctor's mum, do this mean method A is all in a sudden going to more likely to be right in comparison to method B?

I don't think so.

However, if we turn it around, if the doctor is the mum and the girl who own the newsagent is the daughter. Who is still more likely to be correct, it is still the doctor right?

So conclusion, the concept of "mum knows best" is full of crap.

Opinion Piece: Would working hard definitely guarantee success?

Would working hard definitely guarantee success?

I always heard people say if you work hard you would success, but is that really true. My own life experience suggests otherwise and sometime working hard simply isn’t enough. Sometime for some people working hard isn’t necessary for him/her to succeed, for some people if you work hard you would success and for some people working hard is simply not enough.

In my opinion life is like playing a computer game, but the game that every body play is different from another and we also play at different level. Some people have less difficult situation to deal with, they play at level one. Others have very difficult situation to deal with they play at level ten. However, unlike most computer game we play, we don’t get to choose what level we play on. It is decided by the world around us. By the end of the day, it is all about whether you would succeed at the level you play on. Whether you would succeed in the game of life, is about whether you play the game that has been set for you, well enough, hard enough, smart enough and/or skillfully enough.

My favor example came from a story I heard in regards to the Vietnam War, after the war. After the Vietnam War is over and the Vietcong won, they used the deadliest measure to change the nation to make everybody equal in wealth. The new government changed the currency and their policy, is for everybody to received the same amount of money on the day of the currency change, disregards to how much money you have with. I am not sure what the amount was, but let say it was $50.00 for every family, then if your family have $10.00 then you will get $50.00. If you have $2000.00, you will still get only $50.00.

There, I heard two family dealing with the situation in completely different way and then completely different result. The first family sold all of their asset a few month in prior to the ending of the war, everything except for their family home and then used that money to buy gold and they hide the gold from the communist after the Vietcong took over, so despite the currency change and they only received the standard amount that every family get, they were not been effected, because they have gold and as long as the Vietcong don’t find out about it, they did not loose all the money they spend years working hard to gather.

This other family was different, just like the first family they also worked hard all their life, but they made no pre existing preparation and afterbthe Vietcong took over, on the day of the currency change, they took all of the fortune they spend their entire life working hard to gather, only to get the standard amount everybody get. The money this old couple spends their entire life gather up worth a fortune for their retirement, but now their life time of working hard is useless.

Just like those people in the story we also work hard, but the computer game of life we are playing doesn’t require for us to deal with the scenario of post Vietnam War, where they on the other hand has to and as a result, all that is relevant to determine whether they succeed in life, is whether they have the require skills be successful in playing the game set for them. The first family succeed, the second family failed, despite both family worked hard. We on the other hand would never have failed due to this sort of reason, because it is not within the game set for us.

For some other people, the computer game they play, doesn’t even require for them to work hard, for example royals can just sit there and do nothing and they would still be rich and successful, because the computer game they play allows it.

Some other people, play their game in a way that is anti success, Lindsey Lohan might be an example, considering I heard rumor saying she is broke, because she has uncontrollable way of spend her money and is an alcoholic and as a result become a failure, despite the fact she has her game set on level 1.

Both the Royals and Lohan has their game set on similar level, a level that is probably lower then the level most of us are playing at, but the result is different.

The fact about life is that it is about what is the external environment around us, which is the computer game of life that has been set for us and our internal factor, which is how we play the game of life that the world set for us. Some people only has an easy game to play and they played it well, so they succeed, some people has a more difficult game to play in that instant some people might still try to play it well, but for some they are way over their head and they would ended up as a failure, while others is more then capable of playing that difficult game and played it well, they would still succeed.

So in the end whether you would succeed in life take more then hard work. It is the combination of what is the game that is set for you and your own ability and dedication to succeed in this game.

For those who got an easy game to play, cherish it, you are lucky don’t throw it away.

For those who got a difficult game to play, don’t blame how unfair the world treats you, because there is no use that is the game the world set for you. All you can to do is try to play your game most skillfully and with the most dedication you can give and if you don’t have the skill to be successful on the game level the world set for you, don’t be angry or jealous towards those who are playing at the lower level that you are capable of been successful at, because there is no use, you don’t get to choose the level you play all. All you can do is upgrading your skills and become a player that is capable of be successful at the level you are playing at. If you are playing a level ten game, then upgrade yourself to level ten from level five and don't be jealous at those who gets to play at level five or lower, because there is no use. You don't get to choose what level you play on.

Play well.



Yours Truly

Jui-Wei Yang

Opinion Piece: If you can't get over your ex this trick might help you

Ok people, I know there are some people in this world who are very emotional and there are people who have great difficulty to get over some guy/girl they been in love with before. (probably because they are very emotional people.) I even heard story of a girl who comitted suicide after her boyfriend dump her, because she can't go over him.

So for all of the loosers in this world who are like this, I am going to give you this tip to help you get over that him or her.

I want you to ask yourself this question, would you be having these problem if you never met him or her?

This is what I told a girl I met once, who has been dumped by her boy friend for another girl. "Just think about it, would you have to get over him if you never met him? So from now on, you never met him." that helped her alright.

So, hopefully it would help all of you loosers out that who are in the same situation.

Cheers

I had a dream where I died last night

Hey guys,

I had this funny dream where I died last night.

I dream I was dying of some disease with only a few month left to live.

So, considering the fact I am dying, I decided to plan my own funeral, because I know other people will plan one I hate. I even set the date.

Afterwards, I put the news onto the internet that I am dying soon and the date and address where my funeral would be hold and as a result, my funeral got a a great turn out!!! (You guys rock!!!) There were thousands of people there, even a guy selling hot dogs.

Ha ha ha, funny dream ha?
:)

Funny Joke: Divorced Barbie

Edward promise his 10 years old daughter if she got an A in her math test, he would buy her a new Barbie doll and Edwards daughter got a straight A!!!
So, after school, Edward took his daughter to the toy store where the Barbie doll section is.
"May I help you sir?" The Sales person in the store asked Edward
"Yes, how much does the Barbie dolls cost?" Edward asked
"Well, sir. The Barbie going to the pub cost $25.95, the Barbie as a nurse cost $25.95, the Barbie kitchen $25.95, the Barbie going to the beach cost $25.95, the divorce Barbie cost, $59.95." The sales person asked
"Why, do all the other Barbies cost $25.95. But divorce Barbie cost $59.95?" Edward asked
"Well, Sir. Divorce Barbie, get Kent's house, Kent's Car, Kent's money and Kent's Yard."

where to get free legal advice in Australia

Where can University student get the free legal advice that they need? This is a question that came to my mind while writing my first article for the university student magazine, “UNI”. The article I was writing for UNI is an article of my choice, in regards to some of the serious or overwhelming situations that university student might face, with resolutions to deal with it.

With that idea in mind, I started to think about what might be an overwhelming issue University student might face and then it occur to me, legal issue. I guess the general myth people hold about lawyers is that they are extremely expensive, basically unaffordable for a broke Uni student who live by themselves, but just like anybody else, a University might be a victim of a crime, get involve in dispute, have accident and may have debts and it let me onto my quest searching for answer to help University student to find the free legal advice they need.

To find the answer to this question, I managed to set up an interview with Lawyer Dr. Peter Cashman. Dr. Cashman is the founding Director of the Public interest Advocacy Centre, a former Governor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, former National President of the Australian Plaintiff Lawyer Association, founder of the firm Cashman & Partner that has now merged with the firm Maurice Blackburn to form the national legal practice Maurice Blackburn Cashman, former Commissioner with the Australian law Reform Commission and a former Associate Professor at the Sydney University Law School. (www.federationpress.com.au)

I managed to set up an Interview with Dr. Cashman, within his office.

Yang: Firstly, I would like to ask what are some of the best ways for university student and under privilege people to get the free legal and advice and support that they need?

Cashman: Well, it depends on the type of problem they want advice for. There are some various community legal centres throughout Sydney and some other regional areas that would provide free legal service, free legal advice and sometime would take on small cases. In certain type of specialist areas there are specific legal centres that deal with particular types of problems. For example, people with immigration or refugee status problems can go to the refugee advice service, people who have complaints about discriminations can go to one of the other legal centres that specialise in that type of problem, there is a homeless person legal centre that provides free legal advice to homeless people, there is a disability legal centre that provides advices and information for people with disabilities. So there are broad ranges of legal centres that are base in the community, where people can get free advice.

Also, the Legal Aid commission of NSW, which is a statuary authority set up by the government, but independent has office in Sydney and throughout NSW and they also provides free legal advice and service.

Also the law society provides a referral service to refer people with legal problems, to legal practitioners and also the bar association has a legal service that provide representation in some cases for people with problem that may need a barrister and there is the public interest advocacy centre, which is a specialist legal centre in the city, which would provide advice for people who have cases where there might be some broader public interest involve and also there is public interest law clearing house, which also provide advice and referral to private law firm that would take cases on a proponent bases. It use to be the case that at local courts at NSW, they would train the magistrates who would give advice in relation to the civil matters but I don’t know whether that service still exist and also most lawyers in private practice would usually see people and give free advice at the initial consultation, but it depends on the type of problem and the type of matter. If someone for example has suffered personal injury, then most law firms would provide free advice and also handle cases on the bases they only expected to be paid if the case is successful and results in compensation.

So there are wide range of organizations through both the private profession, through the bar, through community legal centres and the legal aids scheme that provide specific advice and assistance. I don’t know whether there is any specific organization within the University of Sydney that would assist people.

Yang: What are some of the most common legal issue University Student might face, during their studying years?

Cashman: I guess University students are like all people. They get involve in disputes, they may have debts, they may be involved in an accident, and they may be a victim of crime. I don’t know what the most common problems are that are experienced by legal centres. I am not aware of any research, which has address, that, although there is an organization in NSW call the law and justice foundation, which is currently doing research, on what types of legal problem people experience and it may will be that they have information on what sort of problem University students have. It use to be the case that the community legal centres kept a record of the types of advice they gave and also kept a lot of background information on the people who came to them and they might be able to identify whether students are amounts their client group and if so what sort of legal problem they have. But, I don’t know whether University student have any problems which are different from the community.

Yang: Can you tell me more information in regards to legal aid NSW?

Cashman: Well, it’s a scheme set up, administer by the legal aid commission, which is an independent commission. It provides representation, in across a broad range of matters. It provides free advice and representation in civil and criminal matters and family law and disputes. But these days, legal aid is very rarely available for civil alligations, because of cut backs in funding, but usually there is free advice and information. There are also other legal centres operated through the legal aid commission or funded by the legal aid commission that provides specific advice in certain types of matters. Maybe for tendance, for migrants, for people who are victims of discrimination or who have a visa application if they are refugees. It very much depends on the particular type of problem. The legal resources handbook, published by the Redfern legal centre, in Sydney, has a whole section in it, which has a list of all the organizations that provides legal aid and the legal aid commission also has a website. So if you do a google search on legal aid NSW. Then that will give you a list of organizations and provides you with background information, on what they each do.

Yang: Internation students in particular what is the most common form of legal problem they might meet?

Cashman: If they are international student they are only here for a limit period of time, they may have a problem if they want to stay in the country beyond their visa, particular if they stop studying, in which case they may not continue to be allegeable to remain in Australia, but I am not aware of what particular problem international student experienced. It may one of the counselling service, with the university would have a better idea, because although these organizations don’t necessary provide legal advice, they often help people, particularly foreign student, who have problems and those problems may have a whole range of different aspect to them, they may be financial, they may be to do with housing, they may be to do with studying or they may have a legal aspect to it.

Yang: Thank you very much, thankyou for your time.