09/07/2025
Still feels like a dream ✨ Hearing the emcee call my name round after round that night… I thought: “So this is what hitting the jackpot feels like!”🥹
They say winning an Aeropress championship is all about luck. I say… 50/50. Half luck, half the amazing people behind me.
For the luck, I thanks Tua Pek Kong and Kuan Yim Ma for watching over me. You guys rock🤘
For the amazing people behind, I want to thanks my coach, mentor, coffee encyclopedia, and the kindest teacher I could ask for who ask nothing in return. Thank you 🙇🏻 The emcee wouldn’t have called me a champion without you. Ready for national? 😉
To my love .olivialee , my motivator, my favourite baker, soulmate, and #1 believer (even in my most ridiculous and “useless” ideas). I know you were more gan cheong and happier than me that night. What would I do without you? Love you ❤️🐻❄️🐻
Thank you 🥔 for being such a supportive friend and sticking with us to the end, taking care my brewing gear when we were busy celebrating, and even sneaking us a cinnamon bun 🤜🤛
Big shoutouts to: for making this happen. It’s no easy task. for the perfect venue (I didn’t even sweat), for roasting such a sweet, sweet coffee (not sarcasm, really). All 5 judges, thank you for sacrificing your tongues for us. Glad you enjoyed my brews 🥹 Congratulations to the other top 7. Let’s do this again in national 🙌
THANK YOU everyone who cheered me on, believed in me, friends from near and far sent kind words, and many even take the effort to come to Slow to congratulate me in person, that happy and genuine smile on your face… thank you 🥹
And lastly… thank you to myself, for keeping my cool and not going full “sotong hands” on stage 😬✌️🦑
Next stop: The Grand Final. Wish me luck and like Cindy said, “Let’s make Penang proud again.” 🫡
Sem ☕️