Dealing with the new normal can be a little depressing. I miss travelling without the fear of being sick. I miss to show physical affection to my friends. I miss the busy malls with kids. I miss everything that I once had taken for granted.
Now, I only travel to less crowded people - the mountains! Although there is an increasing number of hikers and campers during this pandemic, it still is a better place to unwind and breathe some fresh air.
By the way, I've been meaning to share with all of you our coffee date with my husband. There are a lot of places that we have been into. There are a lot of experiences that had molded me, my husband and our relationship to become who we are now. So here's another coffee story for you. And I'm taking you with me to Ablayan Peak!
I and my husband loves camping. And during campings, we always stay late at night for some romantic star gazing. (Yeah that green tent is lighting up to add to the mood. We just used a flashlight inside the tent and took a 20-second shutter.) We enjoyed chatting about the most absurd moments we went through in the past. And we managed to stay awake until midnight just talking about our future and how much we like coffee! Yeah we go crazy about coffee! This was one of the most magical nights we spent together.
Morning came fast and sun was already greeting us a very good morning. And when I peeked through the zipper of the tent, I saw my husband preparing for our morning coffee. Believe me when I say, he had me craving for the coffee he makes!
I thank God for giving me a husband that has completely the same taste as I am - the bitter taste of coffee. Aside from that, we both love photography as well. Combining coffee, photography, and camping is the most effective love spell for me. He had casted me a love spell that will never wear off in this lifetime.
Having coffee with the people I love is what makes bitter coffee tastes sweeter. The time I share with them becomes the most important memory I have. So if I ask you out for coffee and/or make you some, then that means I treasure you.
I and Peter, my husband, share the same thought so we often make coffee for each other and for our friends. And if our daughter's in the right age, we'll introduce coffee to her. If she won't like it, then maybe we'll just tell her our coffee stories.
Coffee as an expression of love comes out naturally when I got to know Peter. It's like we've been looking for each other our whole lives. I feel like he's been my lover in my past life. Hahahaha!
I know that's way too cheesy! So that's for today! Goodbye for now fellas! Til next "coffee-session".
Nikka Mededa, the author
I am an engineer, a mother, an aspiring photographer, and also a blogger. A workaholic mom who found its comfort through brewing coffee and making home-cooked meals. I write and read a lot but I think I collect books even more. And there’s nothing more fulfilling than finally ticking off the books my reading list. Hopefully, one day!
I really love to fulfill my childhood dream of becoming an author and so here I am, in my little corner in the blockchain. I hope you had a good read and check out more here ---> @nikkabomb. Lovelots.
I'm not a big fan of camping in tents, but I love being in nature :). Looks like a nice place. I really love mountains and the fresh air that you can get on top of them, as well as the amazing panorama views.
Perfect place for some nice cups of coffee for sure.
I learned to love camping in tents when I was in elementary. Hehe i love how simple and bare it is. I love the thrill and i love when its raining and im inside a tent. I love a warm cup of coffee while camping. I love the fresh air. I love everything about it.
I understand that some people might not like it so let me bring you to these places virtually instead. 😊
The story telling was really good. I love how you connect coffee and camping. Also, the photos are good. !discovery 25
Thank you @juecoree for appreciating this short blogpost. 😊
we share a taste for coffee, very good from the starry sky
Cheers to that!
Very nice place to set up a camp with your barkada or love once.
Yes it is. Before I got married, I used to set up a camp with my friends and stay late at night with a bottle of gin while star gazing haha
Thoroughly enjoyed your blog , very nice writeup with awesome photography. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for the appreciation. i hope you'll like my other posts just the same.
unsaon jd ni para maka abot inani ka daku na earnings dai..hahaha congrats!
PM te
This post was shared and voted inside the discord by the curators team of discovery-it
Join our community! hive-193212
Discovery-it is also a Witness, vote for us here
Delegate to us for passive income. Check our 80% fee-back Program
Yey! 🎉 thank you so much @discovery-it
It's admirable what you and your husband do in nature.
I do agree about the strange feeling of not being able to hug friends during this time.
Things will change!
Great photos as always!
Enjoy the fresh mountain air, that's priceless.
Thanks for stopping by;-)
Have nice day!Hello @nikkabomb, I think you have the right concept. I always thought Philippines was a great country for camping, in that you'd be relatively safe. However, there was no force on earth strong enough for me to put up a tent due to my fear of snakes.
Philippines is a great tourist destination. I am so glad you appreciate that. I am also scared of snakes, spiders, and even worms. Hahaha you might wonder why I still love camping? Well, there's no secret. I just love to be daring. At first that was just it. But after few years, I love it because the tent felt home away from home. Especially with coffee.
Things will get back to normal soon. I hope you can visit here soon. Hehe
Thanks for always liking my photographs. 😊
I love animals dearly, but not insects and crawly stuff.
Philippines was home for me for seven full years. I only left there in March of this year.
I was lucky to live on a cliff on the seafront, with a direct view of Badian Island, from my kitchen and terrace😍
Oh I didn’t know. Sorry. I hope we can meet soon. But for now I’d love to connect with you here in your virtual coffee shop. 😊😊
Of course you can 😊😍
Hi Milly, sorry to cut in, but I couldn't help commenting, I was thinking that you'd mention snakes :)
Camping and coffee go so well together. Great post as always
Hahaha Arni!
The layout of land and lush greenery of the Philippines is so much like Jamaica. The difference is that camping in the wild in Jamaica is not, well, NEVER a good option, whereas Philippines is;)
I was afraid sleeping in my bed for a longtime after the snake came in to keep my company😡 so camping was not on my list of things to do there😂
Camping and coffee though 💯%
I still remember that :) Cheers to camping and coffee
☕️🥂😍
@nikkabomb, Beautiful writing, flowing flow. And made me over and over again.
Thank you for the appreciation.
Wow! Ablayan peak tga asa ka maam
Hehe taga cebu city ug taga loon,bohol pd haha
Congratulations, your post has been added to Pinmapple! 🎉🥳🍍
Did you know you have your own profile map?
And every post has their own map too!
Want to have your post on the map too?
Yey thanks @pinmapple 😊 I think I’ll be one of your regulars as I am bringing my co-coffee lovers to an outdoor coffee session. Hehe
The rewards earned on this comment will go directly to the person sharing the post on Twitter as long as they are registered with @poshtoken. Sign up at https://hiveposh.com.