Notes - from left to right:   "Of doctor and of crazy, All people have a litle." (brazilian popular proverb Congratulations! Beto.   Congratulations! Strenght and courage to live all that your proffesion propose to you. A big kiss. Elias   Your live is just begining now! Prepare yourself! Hugs! PS.: Don't kill anybody! (You are just begining) Daniel (El-Jah's friend).   Congratulations! The hole in your academic gown today will be a medical journalistic hit tomorrow! José. (He made a play on words here: journalistic hit, in portuguese, is said as "furo de reportagem", (something like "reporting hole")

      The final of my coursework wasn't so easy... It was the rupture of umbilical connection between my family and I and the ending of many tensions existent for many years.

      The collision between my sexuality day by day more daringly visible, the religious ideals of my parents and my inevitable financial emancipation finished to my premature going out from home one week before the finish of my coursework. It was a terrible quarrel where the both sides just hurt themselves spiting hate words choked since too much time.

      When it occurred my boyfriend was El-Jah.. He sheltered me in his home and gave me invaluable support.

      The medicine's party, following the UFPR tradition, normally is divided in three parts in three different days: the Grading, the Ecumenical Cult and the Ball.

      When we were preparing to go to the Grading in the Guaíra Theatre, El-Jah took the overall to iron, but it was too hot! - The overall is perforated!... he said frighten the hole the hot iron made in the overall in a flash.Only left to me laugh of our despair.

      Fortunately, El-Jah knows how to sew. He took an old short, which its material was similar to that of the overall, cut the same size and covered the hole. We laugh a lot then.

      The party was very beautiful. That was a pity my father wasn't present. He didn't go to any commemoration. My mother went only to the Grading.

      In the next day rained a lot, fact that disturbed the Ecumenical Cult that occurred in Metropolitan Cathedral of Curitiba. Only a friend, Andrezinho, went to this event. No one else.

      But I didn't worried too much, because I had plans to the Ball. It's a pity they didn't realized too...

      In the tradition, around midnight the new graduated people are invited to dance three waltzes. The first one with the mother or someone representing her in case she's not present, the second with the boyfriend or girlfriend and the third with the rest of public. Well, in despite of my requests, El-Jah didn't want to participate of the party. If he went, certainly the second waltz would be to him!

      As my mother didn't go, I danced the first waltz with my sister Deny. I always said she was my psychological mother... :)

      With the end of the party came to cruel reality... I was out from my home by the first time, with the big responsibility of supporting myself. But I could get in count the help of El-Jah in this phase of my life.

      I stayed about one moth without work before the possibility of working in Guaraqueçaba, what was an interesting experience.

        So, these were the happenings of the finish of my coursework.