A new era has come to be

It starts with us, you and me

We've got to change ourselves within

We've got to help our country win

These past few weeks we've lost a lot

Now we must give it all we got

We have to build, we have to teach

Every Egyptian we must reach

So here's to you and here's to me

Adn being the best that we can be.

After my normal morning routine, I headed out the door, ready to seize the day and make the most of it.

First thing on my schedule was my appointment with the PR representative from the ministry in reference to the complaint I filed last week. That's how things are done now, we file complaints and have personal meetings arranged with representatives so we can work out a solution that is feasible on their end and satisfactory on ours. These meetings were usually a pleasant experience and very efficient and quick.

After the 15 minute meeting, I left the building with a smile on my face satisfied that I got the solution to my problem. I walked to my workplace through the calm, clean streets of Cairo. I met the president on his way to the ministry for today's meeting and greeted him. I could hear the national anthem being sung excitedly by the students at the local school to start off their day.

As soon as I got to work, I was informed by the receptionist that my guests were on their way. We have a group of Americans coming in today for a seminar on how the Egyptian people managed to abolish illiteracy in the country. The meeting room was still set up from yesterdays seminar to the Japanese group about how we managed to reach the number one economy in the world with an unemployment rate of less than 1% and no one in the country (even the unemployed) living under the poverty line.

When giving these seminars, it's customary to have a group of children from the local school(s) prepare presentations of their own to present to the foreign groups, each group in their native language.

After finishing up the work day, I headed over to the nearby park for a nice outdoor lunch. I always enjoyed watching kids play and study in the parks .. Reminds me of my childhood days.

After I finished my lunch, I met up with some friends to head to our volunteer group. We went to a different orphanage each day to help out and play with the children. They're an important part of today's society and we all make a point of not making them feel like they're missing anything. The founder of the biggest software company in the world was in one of those orphanages a few years back and he always insists on sending the kids in orphanages to the best schools and universities in the country. This is usually not a problem since a large part of taxes goes to these orphans, along with donations from many people, but he never fails to pick up any slack.

Elections were coming up soon and all the presidential candidates were busy with their campaigns. A large part of any successful campaign was the volunteer work and his general community interaction. Tomorrow was the big day .. The day that decided the fate of any campaign .. Debate day. It was a large event held a few weeks before election day where citizens would spend weeks submitting points of interest to them, then on Debate day, each presidential candidate would first give a speech addressing as many points as possible then there would be a debate between them about a pre-selected topic voted on by the citizens before hand. It was matter of fact that if a candidate didn't do well in the debate, it was near impossible that he win the elections.

But you know what the best thing about our Utopia is? We never lost our values. Each person held on to the teachings of their religion (whatever that religion may be). We all respected our elders and even our peers and the young were treated with the utmost respect.

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I hope this dream can soon become a reality.