Eid Fireworks In Dubai

In dubai, there are a few BIG holidays.. one of them is EID... which is like our Hari Raya in Singapore.. (actually it is the same things.. just called a different name here.. i think due to the fact tat arabic and melayu are different...

So it being a BIG holiday, they actually have fireworks in Dubai to celebrate the event lor. And they dun only have it for ONE day.. they actually have it for like three days.. each time is a 6 minuite show lor...

If there is one thing I have learnt about the culture here the last time I was here.. everything here is inshallah.. everything here can change despite what they put on the web...

Unlike in Singapore where the Hari Raya is decided in advance, Eid is only decided upon consultation with the astrologers... I dunno it has to happen on a new moon or what lah.. anyway, have to look at the sky and all that to decide and so the day before EID, you will get calls from your boss telling you that tomorrow is a holiday.. and so you pass the message on to your kar kiah and tell them it is a holiday... and usually, like CNY, the holiday is two days...

The first day I was here, I saw in the ads on TV that there will be fireworks during EID at Creek Park.. which is near our place.. But I did not think much of it as I was too tired...

So leh, on our second night here.. we just had dinner and were happily washing the dishes when we suddenly heard loud noises of fireworks and then I remembered wat I saw and we quickly went downstairs... heng it is a long one and so by the time we were downstairs, there is still fireworks going on...

Silly Ace was so afraid of the fireworks burning him.. tat is why he looks so stressed.. hahaha... silly boy, so far away also dunno he scared of wat...









On the second night, Max said we should finish our dinner early and drive down to the creek but leh, remember what I said about how things can change? You see... the stipulated time in the ad and on the internet states that the fireworks starts at 9pm. The first day... it went off at around 8.40... so we expected then to start say the same time.. but sorry hor.. they started this time round at 8.35pm instead...


So we only caught the fireworks in our car.. by the time our car made the correct turn to go towards the creek, the fireworks ended already... wahahahaha.. so we went home lor:)

That is how it is like on watching the fireworks in the car.. guess Max is the only one who din get to watch it since he had to concentrate on the road...

On the third night... the fireworks started at 8.30 lor.. we went to this big plot of empty land near our place and had quite a good view of it...








We checked online and it said that the fireworks were until 2nd Sept.. so on that fateful day, we went to wait for the fireworks.. alas, we waited from 8.30pm till 9.05pm in the hot desert weather BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FIREWORKS at all lor:S

I figured the fireworks were suppose to last for three days and since they started blasting three days ago, they forgo the one on 2nd sept lor.. the Singaporean in me cannot figure out why they cannot follow the dates they stated and also the timing that they stated.. not too much to ask for a 9pm fireworks to start at 9pm everyday right?:P

so leh, my personal conclusion is... NEVER trust any information in this country.. everything is written and unlike in singapore, it is not for sure.. the underlying is tat everything is STILL subjected to changes and there is NO clause tat warns you about that...:P Good training for control freaks who always want to be in control and follow skeds.. wahahahahaha..

Inshallah... if god permits, then it happens lah.. if no, it doesnt.. no big deal, nothing to worry about or be upset about.. :)

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