Life in Ukraine is very similar in a lot of ways … but in some, it is just different.
We’ve been in the 0 to -10 degree celcius weather the last couple weeks. Not really cold, but still cold. The ministry we work with has a boat that floats and is basically docked on the shoreline. It’s been there for a long time – not less than 10 years from what I figure. It has an electrical connection to the shore. Here is where it gets different (as quoted by our director):
“We (our electricity) got cut off twice today again because of corrupt crazy mafia dudes who live in England! The transformer is locked inside a building bought by some guy. The transformer is state owned and the building should be. So what happened is some corrupt official sold the building to a private owner with a lot of money, and walla, we get screwed by being dependent on this private owner who doesn’t even live in Ukraine. We have to literally run water constantly through our pipes so they don’t freeze.”
I just can’t see this happening at home in Canada. Somethings here … well, they’re just different.
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