don't sweat the small stuff

We experienced heavy and dense rain during our visit last December to Malaysia and Borneo. In fact, we were suppose to go to the Eastern part of Malaysia to do some diving and snorkeling, but most of the resorts were closed because of the rains.

This picture was taken in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. A fisherman does some net fishing in a torrential downpour. It would rain tremendously hard for hours and then clear up in a flash. There were wonderful thunderstorms; great sounds that were deep and stirring. Malaysia is known for it's heavy monsoons this time of the year so it wasn't a surprise to us. We would sometimes sit on steps under our umbrellas and observe the racket. You could do that easily, keep warm and be sweating the next moment under a luminous clear sky and beating sun.