Yes I am serious, in January we had rain that lasted for a few days and it came down hard enough that cars got stuck on the road and there was massive flooding everywhere. It started in the morning around 5 am and by the time we left for school roads were almost totally under water. It rained all day and being the fact there is no rain sewer lines there was no where for the rain to go. Students started a rumor that we would not have school the next day because of it, it was hard to believe that a bit of rain could shut a city down like Dubai...but sure enough. They were right. They gave us not one day but two days off because of rain...ha ha. the last day we had off was a nice sunny day so we hit the golf course.
I should mention that George Bush came to the city a few days before and gave us a day off as well because of the fact that the military closed the major roads for the whole day. so it was called a national holiday. too funny. there was a bit of concern that with Iran being so close that something may have happened but it was all good except for the fact we could not go anywhere. it was a good day to catch up on some sleep.
so that was the week, out of 5 days we were supposed to work, we worked 2....it is a hard life here in Dubai...
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Hey Curtis: You are probably about to have a lot more traffic on your blog because of the article which ran in The Calgary Sun on Sat Feb 23, 2008. It was a good read and I enjoyed reading your blog entries also.
Can you help me out? I want to move to Dubai and work there in the spa industry. Any ideas on where and how I would begin to look for work there. Thanking you in advance for your reply. M.
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