Why else would he help Michael after Michael beat his ass?
Because he wants off the island in the worst way?
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
'Underneath'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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DXMachina - Feb 24, 2005 5:57:23 am PST #6430 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
le nubian - Feb 24, 2005 6:02:49 am PST #6431 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
(laughing)
well, there's that too.
Jessica - Feb 24, 2005 6:04:44 am PST #6432 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The one plot point that still doesn't work for me is that if Jin's being sent on errands to Sydney and LA, he should speak better English. Surely BossDaddy has the money to pay for lessons.
Thomash - Feb 24, 2005 6:43:18 am PST #6433 of 10000
I have a plan.
I didn't mind that at all. If he's going to local Korea-towns to do his errands English should only be a factor with the, likely bi-lingual, customs agents.
Did anybody notice that 'Hurley on T.V.' was waring the same clothes as 'Hurley on island'? Fashion coincidence? Also, I loved the discman montage too. I was just thinking to myself at that exact time "how long do those batteries last?".
Scrappy - Feb 24, 2005 6:45:25 am PST #6434 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My brother goes to Singapore on business all the time, and doesn't speak...jeez, what do they speak in Singapore?
askye - Feb 24, 2005 6:46:05 am PST #6435 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
BossDaddy probably has all kinds of contacts that work for him and if Jin not speaking English keeps him isolated and then he has to rely on BossDaddy's minions.
DXMachina - Feb 24, 2005 6:46:11 am PST #6436 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
jeez, what do they speak in Singapore?
English? It was a colony for a long time.
-t - Feb 24, 2005 6:51:13 am PST #6437 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
jeez, what do they speak in Singapore?
Apparently, a whole mess of languages.
The national language of Singapore is Malay, while English is the language of administration and commerce. Tamil and Chinese are also official languages. Mandarin is increasingly encouraged as the lingua franca for the Chinese in place of dialects like Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese and Foochow. Among the Indian community, apart from Tamil, other languages spoken are Malayalam, Punjabi, Telegu, Hindi and Bengali. Most of the literate population is bi-lingual, and domestically English and Mandarin are the most commonly used languages. In parliamentary debates, members may speak Malay, Mandarin, Tamil or English and simultaneous oral translations are provided.
Jin not speaking English on what appears to be his first trip to Sydney and LA to meet with other Koreans does not bother me at all.
DH pointed out that when Jin, all bloody and guilty, says "I did it for us" (or I do it for us, I forget the exact wording), that would make a certain type of person hate herself, rather than Jin or Daddy. I don't jbnow if Sun is that sort of perso or not.
Thomash - Feb 24, 2005 6:51:44 am PST #6438 of 10000
I have a plan.
Jessica - Feb 24, 2005 6:55:32 am PST #6439 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
likely bi-lingual, customs agents.
Heh. Not in my experience. They could probably find a Korean-speaking agent for him, but the chances of the one at the booth speaking anything but English are pretty slim.
My brother goes to Singapore on business all the time, and doesn't speak...jeez, what do they speak in Singapore?
Because English is the default language of the international business community. However unfair to the rest of the world that is, I just don't buy Jin (who was both very committed to doing his job well, and planning to permanently escape to the US) not at least bothering to learn a few basic phrases like "Hello," "Thank you," "How do I get to ____?" and "Sorry, I don't speak English."