I have a favorite bowl at home and it is colored blue. Whether it’s breakfast of corned beef with eggs and rice, a quick snack of M&M’s, or an indulgent dessert of fruit salad, my favorite companion would be this blue bowl. My husband’s a given, of course. 😀
Plates are still a must-use for meals together with H, and so I take out my blue bowl whenever I’m eating by myself. I love how comforting its color is, and how it warms me when I cup it with my hands.
One time I came home so stressed out from work. I walked quickly to the cupboard, took out the blue bowl, filled it up with some food and I felt immensely better. Whatever I eat from this bowl immediately soothes me.
There’s only one blue bowl at home. In fact, I stumbled upon this blue bowl in the office. It was abandoned by someone who had resigned a long time ago, and after confirming that nobody else had adopted this blue bowl and getting the blessing of our custodian, I took it home.
H has also learned to appreciate how comforting it is. There have been several instances when he’d call from work and say, “Wifey, can I have noodle soup when I get home? And I want it in the blue bowl please.” And I’d go, “But I’m eating ice cream from it right now!” And he’d go, “Please?” Let’s just say whoever’s holding the blue bowl at home is the one who needs more comforting! This is why even if it’d be good to have two blue bowls at home, we’d rather keep it to this one little blue bowl.
Do you have a favorite plate or bowl that gives you a similar kind of comfort? This is mine. I love it. Right now I’m already imagining frozen fruit salad nestled in that blue bliss. Ah, comfort is my blue bowl indeed.
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
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at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
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March 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm (16 years ago)this will sound kinda gross but still… when tenants moved out of our apartment, i found this orange plastic glass (huh?) that I kept for my own use (so imagine if they weren’t using it for drinking diba?)
that was over a decade ago…anyway, I alone drank from that glass
and when I got married…it took me months before I took that glass in my marital home (diba we’re living just beside my parents’ home), when I really felt na that was my home na…
and hubs way of making lambing sometimes is asking if he can take a sip from it, or use it to drink whatever
Rach (Heart of Rachel)
March 10, 2008 at 10:57 pm (16 years ago)Looks like that bowl is very functional. I don’t have a particular favorite bowl but I do have a favorite glass that I use everyday.
Jeany
March 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm (16 years ago)that’s nice that you find comfort with this blue bowl. I don’t have any kasi. but like rachel I do have a favorite glass to use at home
Junnie
March 11, 2008 at 2:59 am (16 years ago)now after reading this entry – that blue bowl – that same blue bowl is now my favorite 😛
dyanie
March 11, 2008 at 6:30 am (16 years ago)Mine is the Mickey Mouse plate! I took it home when we went to HK Disney. Just like Rach and Jeany, I also have fave glass!
odette
March 11, 2008 at 8:05 am (16 years ago)i do have a favorite mug, and it perks me up every morning for my coffee. 😉
by the way, nakakainggit ang sardinas na topping sa kanin sa first pic…matagal na ‘ko di nakakain ng sardinas…parang may maghahanap ng sari-sari store mamya! 😉
Cookie
March 11, 2008 at 8:33 am (16 years ago)You’re like my bro-in-law. He has a favorite orange bowl which he eats from all the time…and I mean..ALL THE TIME. One time my MIL sent us food in that bowl and it stayed with us for a week. Naku, he was so mad. Nawawalan daw siya ng ganang kumain
Me, I have a favorite green mug that was a giveaway from a drug company. It’s huge and I have my coffee, tea, and hot water there. I take it everywhere. So far he’s been to Singapore, Malaysia, US, Tagaytay, Subic, Palawan, Bulacan, Laguna, and some Manila hotels). My husband thinks its weird but sometimes I catch him using it naman
sardonic nell
March 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm (16 years ago)i have something quite similar to your bowl, but mine would be a mug that i use with every hot or cold beverage and even food sometimes. and i like using bowls over plates, don’t know why though. probably because tamad akong maghugas ng dishes, hehehe 😉
meekerz
March 11, 2008 at 1:33 pm (16 years ago)I have no favorite bowl, but my plates/bowls match whatever mood I’m in. I have flowery ones if I’m feeling perky, plain ones for just staying in, and square ones when I feel like artsy. Hehe
Rachel
March 12, 2008 at 6:08 am (16 years ago)i don’t have same as you ate i eat either in plate or bowl as long as the food is delicious.
Gracey
March 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm (16 years ago)I have favorites but they end up not being used a lot because I like them looking new. But I use them when I take photos and we have guests over for lunch/dinner/merienda. I do have comfort mugs!
marie
March 14, 2008 at 9:35 pm (16 years ago)Hubby and I have a few sets of drink glasses, but there’s this one na walang ka-pair. It’s a large breakable plastic one, which we share. For some reason over Pizza or whatnots we prefer that One, over the babasagin glasses that we have! It doesn’t bring pure comfort or what, but for an unknown reason we just like using it.