Hi everyone , my name is Tiffany Lai and I´m 20 years old. All my family is from China and Hong Kong, but I was born on November 12th in Costa Rica. My parents are living in Pérez Zeledón and they own a restaurant, since I was little, I was always interested in cooking, I love food and also love making it, I´ve always known how to cook, on this quarantine I try to experience and learn how to bake, thankfully it was a great experience and I made a lot of birthday cakes, cookies and desserts in general. Another fact about me is that I´m very passionate about tattoos, I have a good part of each leg tattooed.
I am studying Industrial Design at the TEC of Cartago, I feel very passionate about this career, but I would also like to study Gastronomy. So hopefully the next year, when I finish my current career, I will start Culinary School.
In this moment I am living in San José with my cat, his name is Chimuelo and he´s a rescued black cat. A random fact about him is that today is his birthday, it means that he was born on October 31st. He is so spooky and cool, I completely love him and adopting him was the best decision I´ve ever made.
In my free time I usually clean my apartment, because I like to keep it organized. I cook my meals everyday and I enjoy it so much, I prefer to cook my own food. Apart from this, I also enjoy watching Netflix or videos on Youtube, I don´t really have a favorite movie, but I enjoy watching series and TV shows, my favorite series is Friends, I´ve been watching it since I was a child and it´s my comfort series, I watch it in every occasion.
I would love to travel around the world to know different cultures and traditions, but I´d prefer going to an Asian country, because I just love Asian food and the landscapes so much, so I would go to Japan, South Korea, China or Taiwan. I would also visit my family in China and Hong Kong.
I feel very accomplished when I make someone happy by cooking food. Another thing that makes me feel accomplished is my cat, because I take really good care of him and I´ve become a very responsible person.
When I´m speaking English I usually feel nervous, I don´t really like making oral presentations because I feel a little bit of panic. Normally I watch series and videos in English to practice by listening people talking, improving fluency and pronunciation.
