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Magdaliz

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About Me

Welcome to my myspace =) I am a graduate student working on an MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University. I'm currently living and working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and have absolutely fallen in love with the place. In December I head back to the city to finish off my degree and then only God knows what comes next for me =) Hopefully it involves a good amount of money so I can start chipping away at my mountain of student loans!I'm a simple(but not simple-minded!), no frills girl who loves to listen to music and dance. Oh, and I'm a bit of a dork... it runs in the family. If you don't believe me, just visit my brother's space and you'll see what I mean =)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

reading, learning about my Puerto Rican culture, learning about Cameroon

I'd like to meet:

Friends from back in the day that I haven't spoken to in forever (my bad!)...

Music:

Reggaeton, Salsa y Merengue, Classical, RnB, some Hip Hop, Zouk, Makossa, Bikutsi, Ndombolo

Television:

Family Guy, The Simpsons, Spurs basketball

Books:

Da Vinci Code (and other Dan Brown books), Footprints of God (check out other books by Greg Iles), The Better Sex Guide (it's actually a good wholesome book, not some raunchy thing!)

Heroes:

my family, my best friend's family who took me in like one of their own while I was in college

My Blog

Sardines on a bus

On Friday I was stranded at the office.  Well, not really stranded... my new taxi driver didn't show up.  Since he doesn't speak English, he didn't call me.  Since I don't speak Swahili...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

Im a moron... a crispy moron

Yes, the title of today's post is pretty harsh, but after you read my story you'll agree with me.  So Saturday two friends from work took me to Kipepeo Beach Resort, a nice beach in Kigamboni.&nb...
Posted by Magdaliz on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:14:00 PST

adjusting

So on Thursday I went to Rufiji to visit one of the hospitals that we support there.  On the way we stopped at this place to get breakfast.  I went to the bathroom, and to my surprise they h...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:18:00 PST

...and the lame cast aside their crutches and danced...

Last night my friend took me out to see a group called FM Academia perfom.  FM Academia is a group of Congolese performers that are based in Dar es Salaam.  They sound absolutely amazing... ...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

Lay down your heart

This week I spent three days and two nights in the historical city of Bagamoyo.  I was there for my job and was put up in an AMAZING hotel.  This place was right on the beach; my room was ma...
Posted by Magdaliz on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:03:00 PST

Fiesta 2007

Saturday evening my new friend took me to a music festival close by where we live.  I got to see Koffi Olomide, Kevin Little, and a bunch of local artists.  The music was amazing, the dancin...
Posted by Magdaliz on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:43:00 PST

I’m awesome =)

I did it guys! I mastered the latrine... AND I wasn't totally sober when I did it, so I must say that is quite an achievement given my first failed attempt =)  I did a little happy dance after su...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:15:00 PST

Adventures of a Puerto Rican in Tanzania

I'm not sure where I left off my last post so some of this might be repeating... Adventure 1 Lord Help Me:     I'm at the airport in Dar nearly in tears because I can't find one of my b...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:49:00 PST

I'm here...

What a trip, what a trip!  My itinerary took me from NYC to Dubai and from Dubai to Dar es Salaam.  For those who don't know, Dubai is in the middle east, which is WAY PAST East Africa. ...
Posted by Magdaliz on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST

beautiful rain and upcoming trip

I wanna start off by saying... it's been HOT these past couple of days.  And not just any old kinda hot... no, I'm talking NASTY hot.  The kind of hot that makes you want to throw water on y...
Posted by Magdaliz on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:50:00 PST