Back in the early 90s life was totally different and communication wasn’t as easy as it is today.
My grandfather had a dream of moving with family to Canada or Australia for a better future for
the next generation. He tried many times but didn’t succeed. Until one day he heard about
New Zealand and at that time no one knew anything about that country. He started researching (there was no google back then) after a while he managed to get the address for the
New Zealand Embassy and wrote a letter to them. In his letter he explained his wish to immigrate and that there’s no Embassy in Egypt. Kindly someone answered him back in letter explaining
that the nearest Embassy is in India. You would think that will stop him but let me tell you that
he didn’t stop there. After a lot of hassle he finally managed to go as far as having an interview in India. But luck wasn’t on his side that day, while he was boarding the train from Alexandria to Cairo (where the International Airport is) he had a heart attack. Even though anyone in his place won’t be able to think clearly about what will happen to his trip to India. He managed to contact the NZ Embassy in India explains he had an emergency and would like to reschedule the interview. He got well after that and traveled to India, still his dream didn’t come true. He had to go into a monthly draw for FOUR month, still didn’t win, he had to apply again and start from zero once again. After a lot of sleepless nights due to the time difference between Egypt & NZ and a lot of FAXES (like e-mail now) in 1995 his dream came true. He finally made it to the finishing line and in May 1995 he arrived with his small family to Auckland, NZ.. He is a real inspiration to have the power not to give up no matter how many time life knocks you down. In September 1995 he started working in Auckland City Council (he was an engineer) but sadly in 2000 he found out about his lung cancer but as i said before even that didn’t stop him until he passed away in 2002.
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