SPIRIT OF THE UNION

 UAE is celebrating its 40th National Day and gee should you see the roads of Dubai! Totally wrapped in the Flag. Never have I seen a country (never been to many by the way) celebrating its National Day with so much enthusiasm. Its actually infectious.

Every shop or malls we go to they have a huge flag on display and many more to sell. They have bracelets color coded with red, green, white and black; wigs with the same; flags huge sized and tiny and stoles.

Also every vehicle has a tiny flag on it so that flags away to glory when on Sheikh Zayed Road. I have honestly not seen flags the size of 10 stories long! Even common homes! They must have invested alot for meters of these flags, some even going to the extent of having neon lighting stating UAE in front of their homes. Every billboard, every government vehicle, every school, every UAE TV channels all have the symbol of the flag or the logo of the SPIRIT OF THE UNION.

  If all this seems normal, you should see what Emirates has done one step further. They have set up a huge box in an undisclosed location and they will be offering 40 prizes for only 40 people. It remained a secret. Now its open and the surprise has been revealed.

They produced 40 BMW's with a limited edition that features the UAE emblem on the headrest. Doesnt sound fascinating? Well, any patriotic freak would die for this.  The information on the celebrations is to much to tell. It looks very festive and people seem to be crazy happy because today is a National Holiday for Muharram since it fell on Friday last week and Saturday is also a holiday as National Day is tomorrow. Lets see how Dubai rocks further today and tomorrow.