More strange things in Kingston.

Following on from my post last time out, i have decided to act like some shallow traveller to a strange new world who thinks that only home is normal. However, i must stress that Canadian coins still baffle me. And if you have been reading this blog regularly (i pity you by the way, this site is just pure nonsense), I have spotted more queer animals.
I am absolutely sure i saw a skunk rummaging through a house garden. NO, i didnt smell it, which if you were thinking of such a lame joke; might be caused by reading my blog too much. I still might not have a camera to back up my similar beaver claims but i had 3 other friends who saw it this time.
Unfortunately, my hope of seeing reindeers in Canada have been dashed. Apparently someone kindly informed me that terrorists have been targeting Santa's pets in a hope of spreading depression to kids during Christmas festivities. Either that or reindeer actually come from the scandinavian countries. So i have been thinking of moose (which the plural of is meese, if you are ill informed -- as in goose) , or have been watching too many American movies.
Finally, to complete my total misunderstanding of Canada, i went to a Chinese restaurant. Which being Chinese is normal, only problem is that fortune cookies are wierd. Not to mention a totally western figment of imagination. Frankly, i cannot ever remember eating a fortune cookie in Singapore, although almost every other Chinese restaurant in the world is named something to the inkling of "good" fortune/luck, Inn/ restaurant/ cave).
I must say i ate the funny triangular shaped cookie with more trepidation than reading the fortune slip. Mine read " Depart not from the path which fate has you assigned", which doesnt make sense because if i knew what my fate was i would not need to find an alternative path in the first place? Arnt fortune cookies supposed to tell me my fate? As in tell me whether i will have good fortune or take a turn for the worst? So am i supposed to not depart from the path after reading this fortune slip or before? HAHAHA. Thats if you belive in such things, mind you.
My friend's one was also interesting, it read "Keep your plans secret for now". Which is really irritating if you are eating with friends because they would start bugging you for your plans on everything after reviewing your fortune slip. So if you hadnt eaten a fortune cookie your plans would be more secret than if you had anyway. Or maybe the printers of fortune slips are so intelligent that they know if you picked up such a slip your friends would purposely coax you to say something, and you would be careful not to tell. Thats what better fortune calls for, you never know what bad thing might happen if you did not keep your plans secret. The slip doesnt explicitly tell you. Maybe if you accidentally told someone your "secret" plans, your plans wouldnt be secret anymore. HORROR! Basically people encounter some bad "luck" and they immediately think back to that day at the restaurant -- oh dear! they must have told someone some of their secret plans. The fortune cookie came true!
So you go back to the restaurant for another meal because you know this fortune cookie business is powerful, viola, it says " Ne Quittez pas la voie que le distin vous a choisie". Or no! It is of utmost importance to my future and i dont understand my fortune slip. Your heart sinks, you bite the plate, then you are enlightened. The slip says" Depart not from the path which fate has you assigned" in French. The reverse side is in English so as to probably cater for French speakers visiting from Montreal. Culturally relevant fortune cookies, definitely the real thing. Its the same instruction you got last time you came. What can it mean? Maybe your fate is to not depart from eating at this restaurant. Maybe this restaurant has only a select few phrashes of fortune slips. Maybe they reuse them.