A teacher barely makes that in a month here. This is the single most expensive first date I've ever been on including first dates in Paris, dates at the Ritz in Paris....
I went to a restaurant that holds a budget I'm comfortable with--presuming a girl doesn't "abuse" my generosity.
Girl sits down. Proceeds to order double appetizers, double entrees (the most expensive on the menu) and then tells me she only drinks champagne. Of course, the restaurant doesn't sell champagne by the glass. She wanted the most expensive bottle of champagne on the menu too. I told the waiter, no, MOET will suffice.
Girl walked away with 2 massive leftover bags.
Despite agreeing to a 2d date, I no showed. I told her "You're a fantastic girl, but $550 USD in Kyiv for a first date is π€―. Ordering double for everything (for you and mom), ordering the most expensive items on the menu...just doesn't work for me. Love is not measured by how much a man is willing to pay [her dad did well in her childhood and showered her in childhood with financial gifts]."
Her answer, "it's what I'm used to"
Dodged a bullet on this one.
What's the best way to handle this next time I see a girl ordering the most expensive things on the menu (times two)? Like, I'm not poor by any stretch. Nor am I willing to indulge $550 meals for a girl.
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1476508198723014661?s=21
These are the usual places that get recommended. But I live in Odesa and I've been to Kyiv and Lviv on multiple occasions, and I want to explore more of Ukraine. Is Dnipro any good? I have a week of free time and a car, what would be the best way to spend it?
FC Barcelona vs Dynamo Kyiv
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Kickoff: 18:45 CEST / 12:45 EDT
Referee: ClΓ©ment Turpin
Line-up Barça: Ter Stegen, Dest, Pique, Busquets, Memphis, Lenglet, L. De Jong, Jordi Alba, F. De Jong, O. Mingueza, Gavi
Bench Barça: Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Demir, Neto, Coutinho, Kun Aguero, Sergi Roberto, Umtiti, Inaki Peña, Nico, Balde
Manager Barça : Ronald Koeman
Line-up Kyiv: Bushchan, Mykolenko, Syrota, Zabarnyi, Kedzoria, Shaparenko, Sydorchuk, De Pena, Buyalskiy, Tsygankov, Supryaha
Bench Kyiv: Boyko, Verbic, Shepeliev, Eric Ramirez, Shabanov, Lednev, Andriyevskiy, Garmash, Karavaev, Vitinho, Tymchyk, Shkurin
Manager Kyiv: Mircea Lucescu
Match Events:
0' - Kick Off!!
17' - Free kick taken by Memphis and Frenkie heads it wide of goal
20' - Luuk with a long distance strike but the keeper makes a great save
35' - Great dummy by Frenkie De Jong leaving Dest to shoot...but he hits it straight at the keeper
36' - GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! Alba with a great cross and Pique finds the net!!!
43' - Luuk with a free header but it goes above the crossbar
45+1' - HALFTIME
45' - Fati for L. De Jong (1/5)
45' - Coutinho for Mingueza (2/5)
53' - Chaos in the box as Memphis gets the ball to Fati who makes an audacious attempt going just wide off goal
61' - Vitinho for Carlos de Pena (1/5)
61' - Harmash for Supriaha (2/5)
68' - Roberto for Gavi (3/5)
71' - Coutinho with a powerful shot which goes wide. Still a one goal lead for Barca
75' - Aguero for Memphis (4/5)
78' - Tymchyk for Kedziora (3/5)
85' - Karavayev for Tsyhankov (4/5)
85' - Ramirez for Buyalskyi (5/5)
90' - Yellow card for Frenkie
90+3' - FULLTIME
Statistics
| Barça | Kyiv
:--: | :--: | :--: GOALS | 1 | 0 Attempts | 11 | 3 On target | 3 | 0 Offsides | 2 | 2 Corners | 11 | 0 Fouls | 18 | 7 Yellows | 1 | 0 Reds | 0 | 0
How is the job market for foreigners within the tech industry: working visas, language requirements, salary, working hours etc? Iβm an UX-designer from Sweden and Iβve been thinking about making the move to the beautiful capital Kyiv. Iβve heard about people working remotely and living in UA but I feel that working for an Ukrainian company would be a good way to really get integrated.
And yes, Iβm very well aware of whatβs going on right now, but letβs just say Iβm an optimist. Iβm going to take courses and do my best to learn the Ukrainian language of course :)
