Hmm, went for the movie last night wif Jeff at JP aft the welcome session for Engin students at NUS. Everyone else had plans so the two of us set off for dinner at JP and then to the movies.
A great show, interesting plot, kinda confusing for ppl who's encountering time travelling shows for the first time. This one is different in the sense that the characters do not travel through time, it's just that Kate Foster(starring Sandra Bullock, lao chio ;)) is able to communicate with Alex Wyler(starring Keanu Reeves, lao shuai ;)) who's 2 years behind her(meaning Kate in 2006 writes letters to Alex in 2004).
xxx People who intend to watch the show, do not read on xxx
The show starts wif Kate in 2006 on Valentine's Day trying to save a man who got knocked down by a car but failed. As a doc, she felt terrible for failing to save tt man and drove off far away from town ending up at the lake house to ease her mind. She notices tt there are letters in the letter box unread by the former tenant of the lake house and decides to help correspond to the letters.
Aft a couple of times "sending" and "receiving" letters in the mailbox, both Kate in 2006 and Alex in 2004 realised that they're corresponding to someone at a different time. It's sweet how they're able to make the opposite feel they're there for each other. Alex mails Kate a map with a plotted route around town as though he's taking her out for a walk. Kate on the other hand, requests for Alex to be at the train station in his time cos she left something behind which meant a lot to her, wanting him to deliver it to her.
Things start to complicate when one day Alex's dog(which showed up out of nowhere when he was renovating his new house) ran away and stopped at Kate's boyfriend's house in 2004. He helped the stranger wif his drinks into the house and was invited to Kate's birthday party tt night. As it happens, Kate doesn't like her bf making a big deal out of her birthday, not liking a birthday bash actually. Halfway throught the bash, Alex encountered Kate just outside the house and tried to strike a conversation with her. Alex knows her so well but Kate in 2004 doesn't know Alex at all (awww..). After a while, initiated by Kate, they danced to the music from the house on the street and ended up kissing each other, being seen by Kate's bf.
The next day, Alex corresponded to Kate in 2006 saying he'd want to meet her and she wrote back stating to meet the next day in 2006 for dinner at tt famous diner in town where you'll never get a place unless u make reservations at least 3mths ahead. Here's the sweet and cute part... Alex in 2004 goes to the diner and reserves 2yrs in advance, much to the surprise of the receptionist.
That gets everyone excited and as could be anticipated, Alex failed to turn up. One starts thinking why since it's impossible he'd miss it for the world. Kate was totally dissapointed and mailed Alex in 2004 telling him that it's not gonna work out(aww....) and that she should move on. Aft trying to mail letters to Kate in 2006 and Kate not reading them, Alex moves out of the lake house and stops corresponding to her. The harsh reality though, was that they couldn't forget each other.
In 2007, Kate gets back together with her bf and when she approached a firm(on Valentine's Day) to help her rebuild her own apartment, she chances upon a drawing in the firm of the lake house which was done by none other than Alex. Only then did she realise that Alex failed to turn up because he was the man she failed to save on the street one year back.
That's when she rushes back to the lake house sending a letter back to Alex in 2005 hoping he gets the warning in time to avoid the accident. In the letter she tells him to be patient in 2006, not to cross the road when he sees her, and that she's at the lake house in 2007 on Valentine's (aww....). And as anyone can guess, he turns up to meet her...Sweet... The suspense part where she mails the letter hoping Alex receives it was quite unbearable really, me in hopeful anticipation that he doesn't cross the road and appears in front of her, lol.
