Couldnt fall asleep.. so ended up watching this late night chinese movie. Long late night post ahead. Please pardon grammatical and spelling errors.

The plot goes like this. A young married man and engaged woman met one day at this island (Lantau i think) in this rented place. They got attracted to each other, and ended up having an affair.

So the next day, the woman was pretty cool about it, but the man felt a bit guilty. However, they were so into each other they spent another day with each other before going back off to their own lives in Hongkong. Before they left, the man gave her one watch of a pair which he bought, to remember each other by.

From then on, they had an agreement each year to meet up at that exact rented place on the same day. The woman would use reasons such as going to the temple and the man would use work. Each time they meet they would engage in passionate love making, and updating each other on their current lives. And they enjoy this day so very much each time.

The story went from the 1970s all the way to late 1990s, and how each time they would support each other, whether one was having marriage problems, or doing badly in the business. Its interesting how much they love each other, and yet have another form of love and responsiblities to their spouses and children. In one scene the man even helped the woman's husband get her back anonymously. In this scene the woman asked the man to marry her, as she cant stand her husband anymore, but the man refused due to his wife and kids.

Towards the end, the man, who migrated to Canada but still comes back, proposed to the woman after his wife passed away (they were both bout 50+) The man's wife told him before she died that she'd already known bout the affair for the past 10 yrs, but held on for the family and kids. The decision to migrate was for him to forget the other woman. However, she said he should go to her after her death. The woman however is doing fine with her husband, and this time she rejected the man.

The old man then lied to the woman that he'd be going away forever, since she's not agreeing to marry her. The woman was devastated, and cried. The man then came in to confess, and said he's fine with them being the way they are.

The show ended with the old couple still loving as ever, on that same day, teasing each other abt balding and losing of teeth, before getting intimate.

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So is it actually possible for someone to have a committment and a loved one already, but meet your "true love" and soulmate later on? And is the show just being idealistic. Having the best of both worlds for the protagonists, but if you actually think from the spouses' point of view, (which the show didnt show much of at all) you'd be pretty much screwed if your husband/wife has been running off to screw another person one day each year.

However, the situation would be solved, if the relationship was purely platonic and sex was not involved. The question is, then, if the absence of sex would allow for a deep relationship and connection as the couple had.

But the general feeling for the show was still much sweetness, a pinch of sadness, and a dash of morality issues.