Thursday, September 7, 2006

Confucius left the light burning

From a restaurant review...


Though the lighting from outside seemed very convenient and attractive,I had a "bizarre premonition"(1) with this name which kept the reluctance switch on (2) to move into the place.
1. Unnecessary quotes for premonitions.
2. 'reluctance switch on to move into the place' - why switch on? A simple 'made me reluctant to enter' would be fine. 'Move into the place' is to mean 'to permanently live' in the place, not just enter a place.

But well, it was my boyfriend’s birthday, I wanted to take him to a very authentic place. He is very passionate about these historical places and heroic stories.. Uh gawd.. I hate the chronologies(3) though :-(
3. 'hate the chronologies' ? - she means historical dates. Unnecessary big word, wrongly used. Chronology is not a synonym for history, they don't mean the same thing).

Cut cut cut!!!! But when I entered there after a long day’s work with lots of expectations, trust me I was disappointed to the measure of exponents (4) :-(
4. 'measure of exponents' is a convoluted way of saying simply 'I was exponentially disappointed'. Also, exponents are not a measure like liter, or mile, but signify order of magnitude.

The seating arrangement there is kinda clumsy and you feel like you are in a moving train filled with people. If you have journey sickness in train, avoid this place. Besides, though the train is very well-made and has an amazing historic look to it, the, especially the service part. It was like, the waiters there had a fervor there was not very welcoming (5), especially the service part. It was like, the waiters there had a quizzical (6) look of :eh, when will you leave?" look. I also felt like , the train was very very very crowded. You cant even stretch your legs and relax with ease.

5. Fervor was not welcoming ? I suppose she wants to say energy, or ambience. Fervor means 'great warmth, earnestness of feeling'. Try substituting now :-) "the great warmth was not welcoming"- a contradiction of meaning, if anything.

But the food was quite good. No comments on that. Not really true that, it was exotically tantalizing that I just became a glutton from a gourmet :-/ It was just about average.
Well, people please go there on a weekday, when you can see less passengers in the train to enjoy it . Please don’t go when you are exhausted, not really a place with tranquil (6).
6. Tranquil is an adjective. Either 'the place is tranquil', or 'its a place with tranquility'.