Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love

YAMA wakes up from a bad dream. For the past three years, she has been living in the nightmare of being left alone by JASON. She works in a cruise company. One day, a difficult client, KING, gives her many troubles. She is still very nice to him though and earns his praise. YAMA and her good friend PAULINE have won a free trip on a cruise in a lucky draw. JASON is the cruise director. KING happens to be on the cruise liner too and he tries to be difficult with JASON as well. JASON, nevertheless, manages to be professional with him. YAMA and PAULINE make fun with JASON during the cruise. Luckily, JASON’s good friends CHRISTINE and KEUNG are there to back him up. He then tells CHRISTINE and KEUNG how YAMA ran away just before their wedding. PAULINE pretends to be an inspector from the headquarters and assigns JASON difficult tasks. Meanwhile, KING tells everyone that he is the real inspector, which shocks YAMA to hell.

KING does not approve of YAMA’s bad acts on JASON. However, he believes JASON and YAMA will make a good team in developing the company’s Hong Kong headquarters. JASON turns down his invitation. KING demands YAMA to change JASON’s mind and that she will be fired if she fails. YAM goes to JASON but he makes a fool of her. YAMA is a volunteer of an elderly home. She is particularly close to an old man whose name is KWONG. She will sometimes email KWONG’s son to inform him of KWONG’s news. Apparently, KWONG is JASON’s father. When they take a walk down to a yacht club, they meet LAW, who has cheated KWONG of all his properties and cruise liner. KWONG is furious to see him, but JASON is plotting a plan to get back KWONG’s possessions. JASON accepts KING’s invitation eventually and takes YAMA as his subordinate……

JASON leaves rather unhappily. YAMA explains her relationship with JASON to her colleagues. Three years ago, YAMA planned to take a cruise with her fiance and get married in the States. Her parents had arranged a wedding banquet for them too. However, her fiance suddenly told her that he was in love with someone else and broke her heart. She went on the cruise anyway and met JASON on the ship. Meanwhile, JASON’s family went bankrupt, so the two understood how each other feel. They decided to get married on the ship. Unfortunately, in the wedding banquet in LA, YAMA’s fiance suddenly appeared. YAMA told him that she had to find someone else to be the groom now that the banquet had been prepared. Her words hurt JASON, who then pretended to be fooling around with other women. He did so in a way that she would find out and divorce him. JASON’s colleagues think that JASON had been unfaithful to YAMA and thus reject him……

KING tells YAMA that if the company cannot reach higher sales by the end of the month he will have to lay off staff. She decides to hold a promotional exhibition to boost the sale. JASON tells her that two-day preparation time is not enough, but she has already made up her mind. JASON and CHRISTINE promote their cruises to some businessmen but LAW tries to be difficult with him. JASON shows CHRISTINE the ship that used to be belonged to his father. They meet the ship captain, WAH, who used to be JASON’s schoolmate. Everybody complains about having to work over time. YAMA can do nothing but to tell them the truth, after which they all work very hard. YAMA is depressed to find the exhibition a complete failure. To her surprise, many people join their tour the next day. Apparently, JASON has tricked LAW to sign up a cruise as his staff benefit. Everybody treats JASON as their lifesaver and forgets about YAMA……

CHRISTINE and KEUNG live a poor life to save money with JASON, but they pretend to be rich in front of PAULINE. PAULINE and YAMA sneak into JASON’s flat to evaluate how much compensation YAMA can get. YAMA throws away all of JASON’s left shoes when she finds out that he has been using her apron to wipe hands. She also sets all his clocks faster to make him go to work very early the next morning. JASON and YAMA fill in all their divorce papers. Then he suddenly realizes that she actually wants alimony from him. The two decide to take it to court. When he leaves, YAMA’s dress is caught by his car door and she is dragged along for some distance. YAMA’s leg is broken and JASON has to take care of her. She takes the chance to abuse him. CHRISTINE cannot stand YAMA’s attitude. She lies to YAMA, saying that JASON has caught a bad flu and that JASON is in huge debt. YAMA believes what she says and wants to drop her case against JASON……

KWONG wants to introduce YAMA to JASON. He, however, quits the thought when he realizes that YAMA will lose financial support from her ex-husband if she gets married again. JASON wants to introduce a boyfriend to YAMA in order to get her married soon again. He lets her get back to work and asks CHRISTINE to change YAMA’s looks. YAMA’s parents call her up when she is shopping with CHRISTINE, which makes CHRISTINE envy. CHRISTINE wants to find her biological parents with a photo given by the orphanage warden. She finds out that her father is WAH’s uncle. WAH takes her to see his grandmother to ask about his uncle, but unfortunately the old lady has dementia. Apparently, the orphanage warden gave every orphan the same photo to make them feel united. CHRISTINE tries to look for her mother with an old address but fails. JASON fails to sell YAMA to another man. CHRISTINE realizes that they have to find out what YAMA’s preference is……