Written By (Joi sun ho) (再生號)

If you spare my life,

I'll live it to the fullest.

If not, let me see my family.

Dad, where do people go after they die?

I don't know, Melody.

Dad, what's a ghost?

Well, Some say they're the dead people

who can't leave those

who are still alive, and they stay behind in this world.

Some say, ghosts are the imagination of those who are alive,

refusing to believe their loved ones are dead.

Dad, do you believe in ghosts?

Police.

There's an accident at No 3 Highway at the Cheung Sha Wan Exit.

Yes, two adults and two kids.

Get an ambulance, quick!

Dad...

Dad

Dad

That day was November 11, 1998, I went blind.

Dad could no longer tell me

whether there're ghosts in this world.

He's dead.

Dad has been dead for a year, Mom still agonizes over it.

She can't sleep at night, playing Dad's favorite song at the piano,

but only gets half way through every time.

Mom, don't cry...

I miss your Dad so much.

Why doesn't he come back?

What could I've done at this age?

I wish there were ghosts,

and Mom could see Dad.

Time flies and a decade has passed.

I'm in college studying literature hoping to become a writer.

Mom has gone back to college,

taking one subject after another.

Dad, I won a championship again.

Honey, I've graduated.

Mom has got another PhD, so great!

Mom, don't cry.

I still miss your Dad a lot.

Time has healed nothing.

I'm not a kid any more and I've got to help Mom.

Mom.

Sorry, Mom can't sleep.

Mom, I want to write a novel,

about us.

The world in the novel would be the exact opposite of the real world.

Dad didn't die but went blind,

we would be dead.

And there would be ghosts in that world.

We would make Dad...

live again in the other world.

In that accident, Dad has gone blind.

but we were killed.

Dad missed us so much that he wished ghosts were real.

Dad is blind and by himself,

I want a Philippines maid to take care of him.

Maria will take care of Dad just like Mom.

Maria is not that pretty.

Maria is not pretty and she is scared of ghosts.

Get a puppy to accompany Dad.

Oscar has turned into a puppy to stay with Dad.

Mom's coming back soon to cook for Dad.

A novel can fulfill the dreams of the readers.

And the writer can come to terms with her own pain.

I hope to write a novel and heal Mom's pain,

and help reunite her with Dad.

Police.

There's an accident at No 3 Highway at the Cheung Sha Wan Exit.

Yes... two adults and two kids.

Get an ambulance, quick!

That day was November 11 1998.

I can't hear from wife and kids,

and can't give Melody the answer.

Do I believe there're ghosts?

Cos they're dead.

Time flies and a year has passed.

Maria is the Philippines maid that takes care of me.

The place I visit most frequent is the cemetery.

I wish there were ghost in this world,

my wife and children will look for me.

Maria, what if it was me who died?

I don't know, sir.

Maria, who decides who will die?

I really don't know, sir.

Maria, can you see Mom?

No...

It's getting late, let's go.

I'm scared.

Tell me when you see them, Maria.

Maria, I want to write a novel

where anything could happen.

There would be ghosts.

And madam, Melody and Oscar would all come back.

Our family would be back together.

Stove on, ventilator spinning,

lights on.

My wife is back.

Man and ghost are just two sides of a coin.

A hand of fate will toss it,

and the sides keep flipping.

Heads and tails

are always on opposite sides.

Man and ghost are on different paths.

And the pain lasts into eternity.

Why are you cooking so late?

Sir, what're you cooking so late at night?

Sir, your favorite dish.

Oh, a ghost did that.

Your dead wife still remembers to cook for you.

I though it's all over when someone's dead.

It's not a good thing.

You watch out for a dog that comes by itself

in the next few days, it's your son.

He's willing to come back in any form just to be with you.

Delivery.

This way. How much?

Fifteen dollars.

Keep the change.

Hey, where's my egg sandwich?

How come there's so much stuff? I only ordered a sandwich.

The ghost did it again.

Sir, I'm scared. I quit.

How can your wife be a ghost like this?

The living and the dead should be on different paths.

No wonder, your daughter has become Meng Por's protege.

My daughter is Meng Por's protege?

Your daughter has become an apprentice to Meng Por,

to lead the dead into the underworld.

And she has some power...

Don't eat it!

It must be your daughter abusing her power

and putting on this sneaky family reunion.

If she gets caught, you'll all pay for it.

But what if...

I really want this reunion?

If that's what you really want...

just pretend you don't know.

And hope it'll get by.

Just pretend these are egg sandwiches and eat it,

as if they're egg sandwiches.

How are you going to get home without your maid?

No problem, I live close by.

I can get a cab if I really can't make it.

Taxi...

How come there's a bridge here?

How come there's a river here?

Help...

Maria.

Maria, sir has fallen and can't get home...

Maria, sir has fallen and can't get home...

Maria...

Sir has fallen and can't get home...

You can see me?

Maria, you can see me?

Ghost...

You all see me?

Ghost!

Honey!

I'm back.

Sir. I'm here.

Over here!

Sorry sir, I've left you behind.

Maria, you know I'm clumsy,

and you left me like this, and I've taken a fall.

I won't dare do this again, sir.

Come help me up.

I'm warning you!

Don't do this again!

Fine...

Let's go home, Maria.

This is a peculiar moment,

like a coin

dropping on the ground,

but strangely standing just on its edge.

We don't want to spoil it,

just carefully maintain the fragile balance.

Wow, Mrs. Tong is really something!

That maid is so scared that she left her luggage behind.

Maria, I wanna hear some music.

Are you Mrs. Tong's twin sister?

Are you human?

Thanks, could you pretend that you haven't seen me?

Mom... I'm back.

Oscar.

Ghost....

Did Mrs. Chan give us the dog?

Yes, sir. Thank you, Mrs. Chan.

Sir, have this and take an early rest.

Mom.

We've scared others,

we've got to move.

God bless me...

It's sis.

Melody, how come Oscar became a dog?

Mom, Oscar wants it this way.

The only way we could be

with Dad is to do sneakily.

We'll all live at the cemetery from now on.