Author Archives: andydylaulau

Thoughts On Mental Health Here I would like to share something personal that’s been going on with me.  I have been needing a break for what is going on around me: I have broken from a 4 year relationship last month, and in a week’s time has found a new apartment and moved all myContinue reading “FYP week12 : recovery”

Tedman Lee is a very close friend of mine, we have known each other for a good decade, played in the same band, that I have seen him through days working as a staff at a 4A company to starting up his own company, now having established himself as a music video director, owner ofContinue reading “FYP week10 : Tedman interview”

So having talked to Stuart, I realised that the original idea of wanting to cover the topic of news, all it’s outlets, distribution plus the changes it has gone through in the past couple years is too big a chunk to swallow with too broad of topics to cover. After some guidance and instructions, IContinue reading “FYP week9 : change in topic”

Reflection To be honest, despite having relflected upon the many preperations to take before conducting an interview, the following interview was one of the least fruitful of them all. I thank Nam for taking his time, there were pieces that were useful to the essay writing and material that was inspiring. What happened was thatContinue reading “FYP week8 : Nam interview”

Jenny is actually not named Jenny at all. A close friend of mine, she has chosen to remain anonymous due to a run in with the police during the protest, which have moved her from the front line of the protest to back-end support, coordinating and had to pay close attention to different situations, outbreaksContinue reading “FYP week7 : Jenny interview”

Remember me having had a chat with FJ during week 2? I have had the chance to sit and have had a proper interview with him this week. As it turns out, his proper name is Damon Chui, and as mentioned before he has been part of the Electronic News Gathering (ENG) crew for HKContinue reading “FYP week6 : Damon interview II”

For the weeks to come, I have lined up several interviews with people that have worked in the Hong Kong news industry and/or was involved with the demonstrations in 2019/2020. On a side note, translating interviews take time, and after inquiring with several staff of Falmouth University there is no clear answer on how toContinue reading “FYP week5 : Moment interview”

For this week I was fortunate enough to have had an interview with William Pang (later on referred to as WP), a personal friend and veteran Electrician turned Programmer and later on Camera Operator during the 2019 protests. Here are some conversations I have translated from our 1 hour interview.  WP = William Pang  MEContinue reading “FYP week4 : William interview”

In order to get more insights to the news industry in Hong Kong, I had to go book hunting. There aren’t many book shops left in Hong Kong, so I first visited Eslite, a bookshop which originated in Taiwan.  No luck finding any titles related to Hong Kong journalism, but then I managed to pickContinue reading “FYP week3 : book hunt”

I was told by many spiritual people about the Law of Attraction : when you are in tune with the universe you will attract the people and happenings you need.  So I was just sitting at home, and my girlfriend told me that a friend is coming up to just pick up a few things,Continue reading “FYP week2 : Damon interview I”