The Reason
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Soup Profiles 
We may come from different backgrounds, be of different races, speak different languages and have different interests but at the end of the day, we have all ended up in the same bowl of soup. As we expand into our latest wing, the soup blog, let us introduce our resident bloggers.
Chief Editor:
thesoupistooboss - Oversees the day to day operations of the soup
US Correspondent:
thesoupistooxxx - Based in Annapolis, thesoupistooxxx provides insight into the workings of the American society for our predominant Asian base.
Legal Correspondent:
thesoupistoosweet - A future legal eagle in the making.
Finance Correspondent:
thesoupistoofumo - Get a bigger picture of what's happening in the markets around you.
IT Correspondent:
thesoupistookinky - Our resident IT guy. Able to blog anywhere with an EEE PC permanently by his side.
Teenage Writer:
thesoupistooid - As we pass from our turbulent adolescence into adulthood, thesoupistooid seeks to keep us informed of the latest happenings with today's youth.
Anime Host:
thesoupistoogayy - Wondering what anime to watch? Or what's going to be released? Let our anime host tell you more.
Uncle Agony:
thesoupistoosalty -
Are you feeling blue? Is work getting you down? Are you having troubles with your relationship? Look no further than thesoupistoosalty and allow him to provide you with some of his invaluable advice.
Fitness Guru:
thesoupistoopradz -
Equipped with a state-of-the-art gymnasium, weekly workouts are in order.
Illustrator:
thesoupistooheng -
ze artistic flavour is brought out by the one and only.
We would also like to introduce our lovely covergirls! Girls like them are as hard to come by as it gets and we're thanking our lucky soups that they're here to stay. Lets us introduce, the beautiful, the stunning and the sexy CHENG, NETTE, AND EMMI!
*applause*
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's a sad sad few weeks with so many deaths in this part of the world. We are truly blessed to be living in this part of the world. Yes, perhaps if it's time to go it's time to go but living in different parts of the world exposes you to different amounts of risk. Even so, it's quite ironic that even though the cyclone has killed more people than the earthquake, I tend to sympathize more with China. Firstly, perhaps it's because we're Chinese (except for nair) so perhaps it's a 同乡 (literally translated: same village) kind of thing. But also because there's more media coverage on China so you see more scenes and Wen Jiabao has been very hands-on and sincere about the whole issue. Also in a cyclone I think that if you die, you die whereas in an earthquake you can be trapped so you're neither here nor there. Of course the after effects may still bring about dire consequences but somehow I think being trapped and not knowing whether you'll get out alive is pretty terrifying.
The junta's response is also truly appalling. Even China, such a big country with a huge reserve has accepted foreign aid from even Japan! Yet Myanmar, a country which is so poor is making it so difficult for foreign aid to arrive. In such situations, politics still plays such a big part. Is being in power really worth all that sacrifice? Well, perhaps it's apt that they're a Buddhist country for what goes around will eventually come around.
thesoupistoofumo
the soup spilled @
9:56 PM
