Kuror (Tom, I think) said something like, ‘Well, even if we don’t win the challenge, we still have a latrine and a shower.’ I don’t remember Ulong looking at it that way. If they didn’t, then it really points out the differing attitudes between the tribes.
Someone in Ulong mentioned that Kuror was outhinking them. I don’t remember exactly what was said; something like, ‘They’re beating us with strategy.’ At least they are able to see why they’re being beaten; though they aren’t really doing anything about it.
James amused me. He was trying to be complimentary to Coby, admitting that Coby had kicked his ass; but phrasing it as ‘being beaten by a homosexhul’ just made him sound like a redneck. I couldn’t believe his condescending attitude toward the women during the lavvy construction. I’d trust my ex-fiancée to do construction on my home before I’d trust myself! (She’s really good at it.) And there’s James giving a tutorial on how to use a stapler! Seems a nice enough guy, but he needs to get out more.
Speaking of which… I felt bad for Angie. She tried so hard. She really needs a break. (And I’m not just saying that because I find her the cutest, or because she lives in my favourite city.) I think the women were a little hard on the men. James got creamed in the IC, but Ibrahim came back all right.
I loved it when Jeff put Kim on the spot in the TC, and she had to say that she just sat on the boat. Ouch!
Ulong’s problem is that they don’t have a leader. We’ve all seen what happens to self-proclaimed ‘leaders’, so I understand why no one wants to step up to the plate. James seems to be willing to do it, at least for specific tasks; but he doesn’t seem very good at strategic thinking. (And his ‘If we don’t win, I’ll kick somebody’s ass’ motivational method doesn’t fly with his city-folk teammates.)
Angie is a tough competitor, but she is an ‘outsider’. That is to say (and this is only an impression) she’s lived her life pointing out how ‘different’ she is from ‘normal people’. I think that when you go out of your way to make a point of that, that you might come off as deliberately confrontational. She’s probably not used to people ‘taking orders’ from her, so she doesn’t have what it takes to be a leader.
Bobby wants to show people how hard a worker he is. That’s good, but he’s striving to be useful. A leader would not just go off and work. A leader would find a task that requires teamwork, and then get the team together to do it. James did this with the lavvy, but there’s a lot more to be done around the camp that he’s not taking the lead in. I haven’t seen any leadership skills in Bobby.
Tom is an awesome leader. This will probably cause trouble after the merge, but it’s good for defeating Ulong.
I’ve watched every episode of Survivor except for one a season or two ago that I missed. I don’t remember Pagong, but I know what it is to be pagonged. If Ulong doesn’t get on the stick, then I hope they let them self destruct. Obviously they would have to merge when there are only two members left. My choices would be Angie (of course 
) and either James or Bobby. They’ll be pagonged straight away, of course. (Kuror might just get rid of Caryn on GP first though.) I’d love to see a season where they let one team just die. Won’t happen, but it would be interesting.