Why the need to cool down during wintertime?

I arrived in Dubai last June in the middle of the hottest summer I have ever experienced in my life. It was THAT hot, considering that I was born and raised in a tropical country which is right smack on the equator. I was in the desert so what the heck did I even expect? I did expect the scorching summer sun, but the suffocating humidity? That I did not expect at all.

So now that the weather has cooled down significantly, requiring an additional layer of clothing (preferably something a bit thick like wool for those of us who aren’t built for the cold weather) on top of your day-to-day garb, why have I been guzzling down iced tea on a daily basis?!?

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