Malaysia Weather — Season

It was not summer or winter. It was simply Panas (Hot) and Hujan (Rain). And Arif loved them both.

They stopped at a rest area. A group of stranded tourists huddled under an awning, shivering. malaysia weather season

The tourists looked bewildered. But Arif simply stepped into the puddle, feeling the warm water on his ankles. In Malaysia, he thought, the seasons don't change the landscape. They just wash it clean and let it steam. It was not summer or winter

"Aren't you cold?" a tourist from London asked Arif. "It's 23 degrees! That's freezing for you, right?" They stopped at a rest area

One December, Arif’s father drove the family across the peninsula to visit Grandma. They left Petaling Jaya under a pale, innocent sky. By the time they reached the Karak Highway, the second sister had awoken. The wipers on the Proton Saga moved at maximum speed, yet they saw nothing but a rushing river of water. The world turned into a watercolour painting left out in the storm—blurry, blue, and breathing.