Author: Grace
• Monday, November 02nd, 2009

Folksies, today I am back to work so I’ll try to be less sober while I sort out the piles of emails and paper work in front of me. By the time you’re reading this post, I’m in my desk suffering from double vision and painfully missing my daughter at home. Reality bites.

Anyway, just an update about the weather here now – Dubai’s a lot better than when I left for vacation. We still have highs of 33C but the humidity is fairly low and at night, it’s very comfortable and cooler. In the morning, I can see rolls of clouds (in the morning) that gets me excited.

November and clouds could mean one thing – RAIN! The last time it rained in Dubai was last March. So I thought while I get busy catching up with my work, why don’t we play a little game? I promise it’ll be fun!

When do you think we Dubaians will get our first drop of rain of the season?

rain Dubai

Last year, it was around mid-November but with the crazy weather and global warming caused climate changes, we’ll never know! Place your bets and win a prize! Exciting or what?

Here are the rules:

  1. Pick a date from tomorrow, 3rd November onto the 30th (I’m pretty sure it’ll rain before the end of this month so I didn’t include December)
  2. Leave a comment with your date of choice (your bet Dubai’s going to have the first rain of the season). If you leave your blog URL in the comment form, I’ll link to it.
  3. This post will be updated with the names of the commentors as they come in.
  4. You can pick any one date but I’ll open the bets to three people per day only. Once three people have picked a day, that day will be closed.
  5. When the skies open up and we get rain here, with the road getting wet – the road has to get wet so a 10 second drizzle isn’t counted, then I’ll announce the winner(s)! Naturally, once it rains, this contest will be closed.

I’ll include a news clip/article for evidence – rain in Dubai always land in the news so you’ll know this game is fair. ;-)

The prize will be something Dubai-themed, I’m not going to reveal what it is yet so it’s a surprise! Now here are the dates, go!

  1. November 3 – No rain!! *CLOSED*
  2. November 4 – No rain!! *CLOSED*
  3. November 5 – CMC No rain!! *CLOSED* 
  4. November 6 – Bing No rain!! *CLOSED*
  5. November 7 – Nicole No rain!! *CLOSED*
  6. November 8 – Janil No rain!! *CLOSED*
  7. November 9 – Krista No rain!! *CLOSED*
  8. November 10 – Elle No rain!! *CLOSED*
  9. November 11 – alohalmolly, Hollie No rain!! *CLOSED*
  10. November 12 – Robin No rain!! *CLOSED*
  11. November 13 – Maryam, Karry Knisley, Raelena *3 betters, CLOSED* No rain!! *CLOSED*
  12. November 14 – Over Thirty Mommy, Desai, NJ *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  13. November 15 – Kaleido, Kristine Sorochinsky, Vishal *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  14. November 16 – JuliaA, Kimberly * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  15. November 17 – Maribeth, Kayla * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  16. November 18 – Erica, Tanya, Dee *CLOSED* * No rain!! *CLOSED*
  17. November 19 – Luigi@Brochures, Tammy No rain!! *CLOSED*
  18. November 20 – Shruti Jagdeesh No rain!! *CLOSED*
  19. November 21 – Urban Thought, Nicki No rain!! *CLOSED*
  20. November 22 – Mita56 (bet submitted via Twitter) *It rained! it rained! Competition CLOSED *
  21. November 23 – JENNIE, Some Lucky Dog
  22. November 24 – Anton Deleon, Therabreath
  23. November 25 – willowsprite
  24. November 26 – Kate
  25. November 27 – Jingle
  26. November 28 – AB Smith, Tia
  27. November 29 – Cathy
  28. November 30 – Gloridel

Good luck and wish us rain!

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46 Responses
  1. Robin says:

    We’re having our first really big rains of the season this week, thunder and lightning and everything. It was torrential this morning.

    For Dubai I’ll say 12 November, since that’s my sister’s birthday :) .

  2. Maryam says:

    Id say November 13th in Dubai :)

  3. shruti jagdeesh says:

    20th November!

  4. Maribeth says:

    I take the 17th, my birthday!
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  5. elle says:

    Hmm… November 10th!

  6. Jingle says:

    I’m going to go with November 27th! This is fun! LOL
    Jingle´s last blog ..Scherenschnitte. It’s cool. Trust me. My ComLuv Profile

  7. JuliaA says:

    my bet is november 16th!
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  8. Kaleido says:

    November 15th..squat in the middle.
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  9. I will pick the 14th since it is my sister’s birthday!
    Over Thirty Mommy´s last blog ..Annee Matthew and SmartZip Sleeper WINNERS!!!! My ComLuv Profile

  10. I’m going for Nov. 21st.
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  11. Erica says:

    I want the 18th!! =)

  12. Krista says:

    I’ll go with the 9th since no one has claimed it yet! and the 9th of next month is my birthday anyway!
    Krista´s last blog ..My Little Lion My ComLuv Profile

  13. Kayla says:

    I’m going for November 17th since that’s my birthday :D
    Good luck everyone!!
    Kayla´s last blog ..10 Parts Fear and 90 Parts Welcoming My ComLuv Profile

  14. Therabreath says:

    You must be really missing your daughter. What a tough job, having to work away from home.
    My wild guess is on November 24, 2009 rain will start pouring in Dubai. In some places, like the Philippines, they almost have cursed heavy rains for putting their country in really tough situations.

  15. Brochures says:

    November 19? I’m so excited to know the answer! haha

  16. janil says:

    hahahhahhahahah, so funny!!! I say 8th November…

    Kisses!!!!!!
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  17. JENNIE says:

    This is so exciting…I will go for 23rd!!!

    I’m praying that it will rain in Doha on that same day para mas masaya…

    ….sana manalo ako yayyy…

  18. gloridel says:

    mine would be NOVEMBER 30….

  19. Anton Deleon says:

    My bet is November the 24th….it is going to rain on the 24th……yep, im pretty sure it will….
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  20. bing says:

    Try lng…maybe this 6th…sabay sa bday ni mother…hehehe…malay natin.

  21. Karry Knisley says:

    I say November 13th

  22. willowsprite says:

    I shall choose November 25th. *crosses fingers* :)
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  23. AB Smith says:

    November 28th

  24. Nicole says:

    i call the 7th! maybe it will be a lucky number!!!
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  25. kate says:

    Can i get the 26th if no one has called it yet???

    yes, you can have the 26th or any other date that has only two takers in it. :-)
    I allow only up to three persons to vote for one date.

  26. Cathy says:

    I’ll take a guess, November 29th

  27. Kimberly says:

    I will say… the 16th! (This is super fun, I love the idea~)

  28. Tanya says:

    Please put me for November 18th

  29. CMC says:

    I’ll go with 11/05.

  30. Hmmm, I’l say November 15th. Just a wild guess. :)
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  31. Dee says:

    I’m betting on November 18th..someone i know is expected to fly home then.

  32. I’ll pick November 23rd! You’ll be enjoying the rain :) I’ll be celebrating my grandson’s 7th birthday with him!
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  33. Vishal says:

    I would pick the 15th of November.
    Inspirational Quotes
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  34. Tammy says:

    I’m guessing November 19. : )
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  35. desai says:

    i could feel it will rain on the 14th…

  36. NJ says:

    Nov 14 will see rain :D

  37. Tiffiney says:

    November 14th….my friend’s birthday!

  38. Nicki says:

    i want the 21st please!

  39. Tia says:

    I’m going to go with the 28th.
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  40. My guess for you is on the 20th of November… although I certainly hope you get some before that. I thought we had a drought..
    Hope your days go by quicker at work so you can go home to Pristine, I am sure she misses you too.
    Glad you are back at your posting, I did miss you here! :-)
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  41. JuliaA says:

    it’s probably getting too late in dubai for me to have much luck with this month, but i posted about this contest on my blog, so maybe someone else can!

    http://juliaas.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/guess-when-itll-rain-in-dubai-win-a-special-prize/
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