Ukrainian never smiles vol.2

"Wait a minute. I think Ukrainians hardly to smile indeed" All of a sudden, I noticed.

In such a routine days, they smoke and drink. You may see lot of people walking on the street drinking beer in Ukraine. It's free world. Nobody can restrict it.
However I think "There must be much better drinking style than holding the beer bottle on the street" Compare to that, drinking some beer with colleagues after the work or drinking in the bar watching a football game on TV must be the better way to drink a tasty beer, I think.

"Everybody looks so gloomy" Once I got the impression, even their drinking style looks unhappy. This is some ... "Sorry to folks in Ukraine. I didn't mean that, It's your life."
However if I actually get problem with the boozer, I couldn't ignore it any more. I think the situation in small city which has industries is better than small local town which doesn't have any industries or working places. In those town, I felt danger of serious alcoholic problem.

East of Chernobyl, near border to Belarus, the town called Chernihiv was one of them. Actually, Chernihiv was beautiful town which had historical churches and antique wooden house quarters. But this beautiful site was completely changed at night. Full of boozers walked on the street. And finally, I became a victim of this alcoholic related trouble.
When I was walking down the street, a drank young guy came over talking to me. And suddenly, he got my both arms and threatened "Gime a money!" (Oh! At 44 years old, please let me alone from these kind of street gang stuff ... ) I shouted "Neup!" But no pedestrians helped me up. (Where are the friendly Ukrainian people I knew ... ?) I gave up and stuck my hand into the pocket. I found only a twenty hryvnia bill (=2USD). (My God. I'll be in a trouble with such a small bill ... ) I showed it to him. He snatched it and left. (Thanks for cheap consumers price of Ukraine ... No, not such an easy matter) That's the moment I knew how's going on the country.

It's a just 12 day stay in Ukraine. And I met some tips of trouble. But I've not disgusted by Ukraine. Why? It's because the Ukraine I actually saw was not different from the one I had imaged. I had not expected so much for the country. And actually it was. Add to that, I chose such an ordinary place for photographing ordinary people. What's more I need?
And it's also true that I looked Ukrainian people being floated by passing days as a fellow.