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Shih Hao Yeh / Sense 30 Co-Founder
What We Talk About When We Talk About Bikes

Ever since his father gave him an old Kawasaki, Shih harbored a love for fixing things. He loved retro bikes like nothing else, and when people suggested him to buy one, he insisted that building one is not the same. Some passion lasts for a lifetime.

We all return to our first love perhaps. For ten years after graduation, Shih and his friends developed their career in the creative industry, but they eventually opened Sense 30 in the year they turned 30. Although not everyone is fond of Sense 30’s style, they stood out in their uniqueness. Shih said some even asked if they were cosplayers, but eventually it grew on the doubters. Maybe one day we all become immune to judgements, and by then we truly live our dreams.

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Adam Wong Sau Ping / Movie Director
A Lifelong Love of Movies Creates a Career

“I see filmmaking as a goal, not a dream, because I truly believe that only goals are achievable. Being a movie director in Hong Kong isn’t easy at all, yet I am grateful to have had so many meaningful encounters along the journey.”

While Hong Kong cinemas are brimming with Hollywood blockbusters and European hits, we must not overlook some outstanding movies that are filmed and produced in Hong Kong. Adam Wong is one of the movie directors who has gained widespread popularity in the local scene. Having directed several big hits, his name becomes associated with local youth films. The Way We Dance and She Remembers, He Forgets are two aspiring films that pull on our heartstrings. With no expensive film sets and visual effects, Adam has this magical wand to create that brings back lost memories.

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Jerry Siu / Founder of Journalize
The soul - The journey

“Are we doing it for the money? It doesn’t have to be like this. A company also creates values for the society, and serve those who love this place.”

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Sarene Chan / Illustrator
Her Passion is Infectious

When water stops dripping from the sky, a girl lays her umbrella and shoes aside. She crouches down, reaching out to catch the reflection of a flying bird in the puddle.  

They are the scenes of Sarene’s illustration. The girl depicted has a bewitched and pure look, and her pouting face calls to mind Sarene’s childlike quality. Sarene once mentioned that she was not good at mulling things over, and most of the time she went ahead without a second thought. Her artless face aside, she is also full of simple and lively passion found in a child,  which propels her to grasp even a flitting opportunity. Sarene always speaks about her hard work as if it is the weight of feathers. Just like we see the moment when the girl touches the bird, but never know how long she has been waiting for that moment, and how much time Sarene has spent creating her piece. Luckily, this interview with Sarene makes us feel firsthand her perseverance and enthusiasm that let her glow.  

And this pure form of passion is infectious. Now I only want to be like Sarene and that girl in the illustration, and fight for dreams blissfully.

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Jasmine Tse / Illustrator
How much frankness can we stand in her?

Tse Sai Pei, a Cantonese slang, meaning physically and mentally exhausted, lacking energy and motivation. The very typical mood that we experience almost everyday at work or in school, unless it’s Friday already (you know the feeling). Not only is it an adjective used to describe an extreme state of tiredness and laziness but also the pseudonym of Jasmine Tse. Known for her unattractive but realistic portrayal of the lives of Hong Kongers, she quickly gained popularity on social media platforms. Behind the computer screen, Jasmine’s down-to-earth and outspoken personality matches perfectly with the candor of the character that she creates in the virtual world.

Initially, Tse Sai Pei is simply an imaginary character for Jasmine to project her unpleasant feelings in her first job after university. Yet the representation of Tse Sai Pei strikes a responsive chord in the hearts of Hong Kongers. Her comics are perhaps corny or nonsensical to some, yet they somewhat reveal the powerlessness and repression of Hong Kong people.

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Chi Chung Lau / Old Textbook Showroom Founder
Abandoned schools and untold tales

As the founder of Old Textbook Showroom, he is nothing like the stern teacher nor the cranky old librarian one would expect. Chung is a storyteller, recounting stories from his childhood, reeling us into his fascinating tales.

His earliest memories of going to school was commuting from Cheung Chau to North Point, taking in the busiest areas of Hong Kong Island. He loved the bustling night markets, and witnessed the rapid transformation of Central and Sheung Wan. It is quite ironic really, that he remembered the time he spent on travelling more than the time he actually spent at school. He went to an authoritarian boarding school for secondary education, where students’ daily activities were closely monitored to fit the rigid study and rest schedules. The priests did not even allow the students to talk on campus. It made sense that he wanted to leave school as soon as possible. I guess even he himself did not expect to go back to working with school-related themes; but here he is now, exploring abandoned school buildings and leafing through books that have turned yellow with age.

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Javin Mo / Designer
Sturdiness and Sensibility

Putting on a navy sportswear, Javin rolled into the café where some blushing flowers blossomed aloft. I’ve heard he was a gym goer, and his sporty outfit, bronzed skin and his inclination for cycling while travelling assured his image of a vibrant and resolute exercise lover. Not surprisingly, being a former online radio host, he demonstrated his eloquence by narrating the design journey and knowledge. But what I didn’t expect was his frequent remarks on personal feelings, especially when he mentioned T · PARK, a mass project which touched him with the power of design. Who says a sturdy man could not be sentimental now and then?   

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Thickest Choi / Lawnmap Hong kong Co-Founder
Walking through Lawnmap

Lawnmap was always more than the lawns: it is about promoting an attitude to life. With our living space is cramped into a shoebox, Grasscamp, for instance, offers an escape with the promise of music and nature. Thickest Choi started this project sharing information about lawns in Hong Kong, and Lawnmap through the years evolves into an organiser of music festivals or exchange square on lawns. The idea remains that we all need a space, a little peace of mind.

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Wong Chi Chung / HKU General Education Unit Assistant Director
The Sky’s the Limit

What do you say it’s the age limit for pursuing dreams?

If achievements were packaged food, “middle age” was the best before date printed on the plastics. But it doesn’t apply to Chi Chung, for his dream chasing knows no bounds. Since the moment he started studying communication and recommended himself for DJ, his self-made term “Academediartradexperienceducation” was like an endless python stretching all the way, and items are constantly put in and ticked off on his bucket list. He must have savoured the sweetness of success before, though I wondered why he was so intimate to me, as if we were somehow standing side by side, measuring the heights of our dreams.

He said, putting on the gentle voice I mostly heard from the radio, “The sky’ s the limit.”.

Chi Chung’s own experience convinced us that dreams could come as a thick bundle, big or small, and they gave off the smell of possibilities. He wished that as the film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” would be celebrating its thirty-fifth anniversary next year, he could again interview Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian to realise his dreams, and at the same time sow the seeds of dream for others.

“I still have more dreams to catch”, he added enchantingly.  

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Hughes Lau & Queenie Chu / Bike The Moment Co-Founders
Keep the Wheels Turning

Hughes and Queenie are the front and rear wheels of a bike, one is for internal and the other external. Each generates different forces, but together they keep the wheels of Hong Kong cycling culture spinning, and make cycling a habit of the busy beavers in the city. The duo formerly worked in magazine publishers. But out of unapologetic eagerness and creativity, they established in 2012 an online platform and in 2014 a store which encouraged urban cycling and lifestyle. What impelled them to move came not only from a sense of mission, but also the avidity to give people a feel of riding under the stars in Hong Kong and against the backdrop of the Nordic, charming landscape. You know they are unstoppable when they can touch lightheartedly upon haters who threatened to run over them.

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