Learning Urdu.

I love learning different languages and I was so exciting to learn about Urdu
I could remember the sentences veey well butt it was a bit
difficult to speak out cos my husband didn't really speak Urdu at home.
So it's like I know what to say but don't know how to speak or pronounce  it.
And our baby almost know nothing about Urdu
all she knows just how to call people in family.

So I started making a short note of urdu sentences
 and memorize them mostly on plane or on the bus.

Mostly language that Pakistanis people speak is sound a bit different from Urdu
that because most of them speak Punjabi which I really love that accent.


And also few  more local languages like patho 

Common Sentences.

-   Asalamo Alaikom  or Salam  : Hello
-   Kya Haal Hai?   :  How are you?
-   App kasey hai ?  :  How do you do?
-   App Theek hai ? :  Are you fine?
-   Mai Theek Hoon Alhumdulillah  :  I'm fine, Thank to ALLAH
-   App Sunao ?      :  What about you?
-   Mai Bhi theek   : I'm fine too.
-   ALLAH Hafiz   : Bye


-   ....... Kaha Hai ?  : Where is .......?
-   App Kahan Ho ?  :  Where are you?
-   Ye Kaha Hai?  :  Where is he/she?
-   Aik mint  :  Please wait , Hold on , Wait one minute


-  Kya Aap Urdu Bol Sakte Hain?  : Do you speak Urdu?
-  Nahi , Meri Urdu Achi nahi hai  : No, my Urdu is very weak.

-  App Ka Naam Kya Hai?  :  What is your name?
-  Mera Naam .......... Hai : My name is .......

-  App Ki Umer Kitni hai?  How old are you?
-  Main (age) Saal Ka hoon :  I'm (age).

- Mujhe Yeh Dena   :  Give me

- Jaldi Karo     : Hurry up

- kitna   jheyyeh   : how many do you want?

- kon :  who?


-kkis ki  : whose  ?








To be continued.

Are you Pakistani in THAILAND?

Sometime I used to wonder how many Pakistanis are there in Thailand? And where do they live?
Do they have any problem staying in Thailand? Especially about Foods!

And Even I'm Thai but I do really love the taste of Pakistani and Indian foods.
Earlier when we just moved from Malaysia back to Thailand.
It was really difficult for us to find the delicious Indian foods with reasonable price, Comparing
to Malaysia we can find Indian & Halal foods every where and inexpensive too.

I and my husband we used to drive over bangkok to find Pakistani or Indian restaurant
and the first restaurant that we'd tried is on Sukhumvit road.

Best Kashmir Restaurant - Asoke, Bangkok

A small restaurant near ASOKE junction. Theirs food is quit expensive compare to the taste of food which definitely not Pakistani or Indian's style. But still it's worth to try as they have english menu and waiters who can speak English and Urdu very well.  Their biryani is good but yet not the best.   We went there quit often in first year of staying in Thailand.

Source : www.soidb.com

Spices (Indian Restaurant) - Pattaya

Spices is next to Royal garden plaza, Beach road, Pattaya. 

The restaurant is on 2nd floor.

They serve vegetarian and non-vegetarian indian food.

We accidentally found this restaurant while we were trying to find parking

on beach road.

The taste of food is pretty good and impressing. 

We love their Roti Naan & Chicken butter. 

Only problem was they took too long time to serve foods. 

And all dishes just came in the same time except snack. 

So better order all you want..at once because for next menu

you may need to wait almost one hour. 

Source : www.desiyatri.com




Punjabi Dhaba - Pahurat, Bangkok

An Indian restaurant in Pahurat (Indian Town) Opposite to Indian emporium mall.
This one we go there very often like every time we wanted the taste of Pakistani foods.
We just head to this restaurant and order in parcel & take away.
The cost is acceptable and very good taste of food. 

Source : http://traave.com/restaurant/ร้านอาหารอินเดีย-ปันจาบ/

And More .....

http://www.sinthornsteakhouse.com/en/  Bangkok (Buffet )

Al Dua @ Ramkhamhang Bangkok  (A la cart menu )

(UPDATED 2018) Pakistani marry with Thai

***  Thai Consular office , Immigration , Thai foreign affair
    is on Chang Wat Ta Na Road. (Government Complex).
   at Non Tha Bu Ri province,  near Bangkok. Travel by taxi or BTS

**  Pakistani Embassy is in Nana. Sukhumvit Soi 3.
   Website : http://www.mofa.gov.pk/. Travel by Bts . NANA STATION.

** Bang-rak district office ( Near Silom road) Please note that you should call first for the update information


Procedures :

1. Go to the district office in Pakistan to make Unmarried affidavit.
2. Go to the Consular office to verify the affidavit.
3. Please note that you need the stamp from Thai embassy in Pakistan also.
3. Bring the affidavit to Pakistani embassy office where located in Bangkok Thailand.
4. Fill the application about 200 baht will be charged. The officer will give
you the paper of bank detail you have to pay through the bank and bring
the recipe back to the embassy to get the appointment when they return you the documents.

Affidavit unmarried pakistani

5. This process is going to take around 7-30 days. Because the embassy will have to investigate
back to the local district in Pakistan before stamp and legalized the affidavit.

6.  After got the verification for unmarried affidavit back from the embassy. Translate both papers into Thai language.

   Go to Thai foreign affair office At Chang wat ta na road. (Early like 6 am. is recommended due to very long queue) 800 baht will be charge for each paper in case you want it urgently ( In one day) and 400 baht for each page in case you can wait for three days after. 

   Recently updated for 2017-2018 the affidavit have to be made by the person who want to marry 

|(As before father name was on the top of affidavit ) 

   

   After apply and give all documents to the consular for verify they will call for a interview which 

both husband and wife need to come to the office. 

    Go to 2nd floor of consular building to translate your Affidavit to Thai. (As presently they are not 

allow you to translate your own documents)

   ( It cost around 300-500 baht per one page & you'll need to wait for 2-3 hours )

   

      Go to 3rd floor  and head to information counters show them all documents that

   you want to legalized it. They will give you the queue number and wait for number calling. 

   Fill the form and wait for the number calling. 

   it will take almost 1 full day to finished if you got there early. If you got to the place

   after 1 pm. They will give you the appointment paper for when to get the documents back.  

   

   (400-800 baht will be charged for each paper : 

   400 If you want to come back tomorrow to get the paper and 

   800 is for urgent procedure 

   you'll get paper back in same day. 

   (Keep the receipt from thai foreign affair office to show at the Local district 

    when you go for marriage registration too!!!!! ).

7. Go to Bang-rak local district office (near Silom road) for marriage registration. 

    Document needed : 

   -  Marriage application and 40 baht for registration fees. 

   -  Passport for foreign with visa pages and ID card for Thai nationality. (Make 2 copied for each)

   -  Affidavit unmarried ( English and Thai translation ) (Make 2 copied for each)

   -  2 witnesses with passport and visa page or ID card ( Make 1 copied for each)

   -  Address book real one ( Tabian-Baan) if wanted to change the last name. (Make 2 copied)

8.  If had children together you'll need the children birth registration too. 

9.  If you need marriage visa you will have to contact to Immigration office. 

10. At Immigration department (Same place in "Change wat ta na " but different building) 

     Fill the form to change your visa to marriage visa. 

     Pay again for visa fees. (|Please see the updated fees on website|)

    And will need to show money in Thai bank for 400,000 baht (To open the bank account you will need the confirmation paper from Pakistani embassy in Bangkok too\)

    which been saved for at least 2-3 months

    or Work permit with salary at least 40,000 - 70,000 baht. Tax documents are required.

    If don't want marriage visa then skip this process. 

In case you are a Pakistani man they aren't allow you to use service of agent so you have to 

translate and verify the documents by yourself and please prepare for interview 

For visa you may consult with agent ! 

When I went to do all these things by myself it wasn't fun

at all...so waste of time .. waste of temper...and waste of energy 

Different officer from different office will give you the different advises so prepare yourself very well.

UPDATED FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Biryani bombay mix cooking time in Thailand

Most of Thai people prefer to eat outside as their time in daily life are so tight after whole day working outside they won't wish to stand in the kitchen or wasting time on thinking of what to cook for today.

But some time someone who is very busy LIKE ME also want to eat something different which of cause I may can find it at the restaurant outside but why to pay so much for the food that's just too
easy to cook!

So here I am in my tiny kitchen for Chicken & Beef Birtyani
and I choose the SHAN MASALA biryani bombay mix as I think its taste is the best of all.

So first get the ingredients ready! As these are in the cooking guidance but I will not get all of them
 just as much as I can find in local market.

Ingredients 

- Tomato

-  Potato

-  Red Onion

-  Garlic 

-  Original pure yogurt 

-  Oil

-  Beef & Chicken pieces. 

-  Shan Masala biryani bombay mix 

-  Salt

-  Rice (Basmati or Thai rice but shouldn't use Jasmine rice because It's too sticky)

Cooking method 

1.  Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. then put first cut onions. Fry until golden brown then

     put the tomato until there's some water out of tomato. 

2.  Put chicken and beef fry to mixed with the onion and tomato until chicken and beef is half

     cooked ( You may put potato at this step )

3.  Put Shan masala , yogurt, garlic mix them up in the cooking pan. Leave it on low heat for

     20 minutes and check it every 5 minutes so the meat and ingredient shouldn't stick with 

     cooking pan put a bit salt. 

4. Cook the rice in electric rice cooker put less water

    ( Get rice ready to mix with biryani curry)

5. Pour the curry and all cooked ingredient from cooking pan to rice cooker and leave it for

    15 minutes. 

6. Cut some tomato , red , green chillies and cucumber and put on rice for better looks. 

7.  Ready to serve. 

You can find the masala at local indian shop like PAHURAT (Indian town) ,  Bang Rak , Si Lom road,

And Soi NANA at Sukhumvit road or can order online Shan Masala In Thailand