CALLING ALL GOING THOUGH ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN- OFF TOPIC

[dlg 0]

Congratulations Mary and Ishteaq!!

Hope your travels go well Mian. Sounds like you have a long route here. Best of luck. Mary, I hope all goes well in the coming weeks. I will be thinking of you!! Hope the surgery goes smoothly and quickly. Glad Mian will be there to be supportive of you all in person.

I have finally made it home from my quick Paki trip. Ready for my comfy bed now... and soooooooooo good to be back in cool weather. sigh. Now the re-adjustment time.

good luck to everyone this week.

-d

[babybunny 2]

Congratulations Mary and Ishteaq!!

Hope your travels go well Mian. Sounds like you have a long route here. Best of luck. Mary, I hope all goes well in the coming weeks. I will be thinking of you!! Hope the surgery goes smoothly and quickly. Glad Mian will be there to be supportive of you all in person.

I have finally made it home from my quick Paki trip. Ready for my comfy bed now... and soooooooooo good to be back in cool weather. sigh. Now the re-adjustment time.

good luck to everyone this week.

-d

dlg,

where are you in the process?

[MaryandMian 1]

Danika,

I am glad to see your post. Ali had called Ishteaq and he told him that you were home now. I hope you had a nice trip and I hear you on the temperatures. It has been so hot there he is saying is Alabama any cooler? I said maybe but we have humidity. LOL Thanks for the well wishes and I will pop off and on when I can and update his POE and check on your status. PM me if you want and I will reply to you when I sign in. Take care and get readjusted.

Mary

[babybunny 2]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ISL CHEERLEADING LIST~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

this list is everyone active, inactive and waiting to be active on this thread. its our encouragement list. its a simple no frills list.. ok.it is away of tracking those on AR and those waiting to be reunited. those that are Reunited. and those expecting babies!!!

if you see errors let me know. if you want to be added –deleted- updates etc.. or maybe even a special message attached to your name just let me know.!!!!! Also your name may appear more than once.

Sometimes you may have 2 interviews pending or you may have something else in the mix. Its ok!!

Please everyone - it takes each one of you to keep the list and this thread alive!!!

ISL cheerleading List.

New sisters and brothers welcome!!!- -don’t be shy please post!!!

Anyone have reunion coming up?

GET WELL SOON – JP. Hang in there!!!!

CONGRATS MARY welcome home Mian ….lol

Please pray for us to get visa in hand – daddy need to be home!!

AR

Michigan

Omid

Shonjaved

Dude

ARS

CONS

Waiting for interviews!!!!

Julieanne – how are you doing kiddo?

Psoft

A1Atif- Good luck!

Hafiz30

Faal4anisa

Ayesha

DLG

Waiting visa in hand

Pending home comings

Mary .. Case done

Active – list..lol

US1416

Junaid

Dean

reunited

Us & Pakistan

Dood wala

Junaid-

Nizzy-

Dean

Shamila

Czarina!!!!!!

Jenny- having a baby

Perdesi – Congrats on getting visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jess

Cindi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laney-

Zsam

Unsure list…unsure of your status. Please inform me so I can update you !!!

Con- molly

muhammadzubair75

Sadia having a baby girl!!!

[ddx 0]

hello sohnnie this is so cool...tthe list of visa in hand is much bigger than AR list this is so cool but tell me one thing what is a difference between this off topic thread and version 2.0 thread?

[babybunny 2]

ISL 2.0 - is for EMBASSY, DOS process related postings. ONLY

OFF TOPIC ISL - is for anything you wanna talk about including Embassy stuffs..

you can even post the Quran on here that is fine too. if you wanna vent this is the place,

if you want to share a new receipe or website- thats cool too. if you wanna post pics thats cool too

this thread is for YOU ...

the visa in hand list are Some of the VJ members though out the year that had been

given the visa. the other people are those that are on the list who wanted to be on the list.

I encourage all to post and offer support. I also encourage newbies to post and not be afraid

this is for YOU ALL..

Edited May 23, 2006 by shonjaved

[Omid 0]

shon,

I read your post on the other thread - sorry there hasn't been any movement yet... soon insha'ALlah you will be on your way to the airport picking up Javed - just like Mary is doing right now!

[babybunny 2]

she FREAKING OUT...lol

[MaryandMian 1]

Just for anyone interested my husband landed at Atlanta Georgia this afternoon and I have not talked to him yet. Immigrations personally called me and interviewed me with questions about our meeting, when we met, how long was I in Pakistan, when did we marry and exact date that I personally filed for his petition? This is heads up to anyone that may get a call. I am heading to the airport in one and half hours and hope he is there. Wish us good luck. And when I got my call the caller ID was blocked to show private number and the gentleman was very rude. He never answered my question when I asked if all is okay? Wish me good luck!

Mary

[Omid 0]

that's nervewracking Mary - so sorry ... insha'Allah it will be over soon ...Ishteaq will be home soon and you can put all of this behind you... i'll be praying for you ... please let us know what happens.

[hafiz 1]

those suckers at the immigration office, they should not be rude. Stay home if you got problems. Dont bring it to work, this is not the freaking army

2 more weeks and hopefully my FILE GETS TOUCHED> I cant wait.

[Omid 0]

Mary - I hope the only reason you haven't posted yet is b/c you're too busy enjoying your reunion - you're in my thoughts and prayers.

[MaryandMian 1]

Thanks for the prayers. We got home last night his POE was bad experience. He had long extensive interview with two persons and last long time. I think it was total over 2 hours and they lost his luggage. Delta lost my 2 cases to Paksitan and were never found. Now Delta has misplaced his from Atlanta. We hope to have them delivered or found today. Have a good day everyone and wishing everyone together with their loved ones soon.

Mary

[PSoft 0]

How to Make a Chiken Biryani

Ingredients

Basmati rice 500 gms.

Chicken pieces 1kg.

Garam masala powder 4 tsp.

Milk ½ cup

Whole garam masala 4 tbsp.

Butter 50 gms.

Sliced onions 1 cup

Golden fried sliced onions ¾ cup

Chopped garlic 4 tbsps.

Rose Water 2 tbsps.

Chopped ginger 4 tbsps.

Oil 5 tbsps

Red chili powder 3 tsps.

Salt To taste

Coriander powder 1 tbsp.

Saffron ½ gm.

Turmeric powder 2 tsps.

Curd (yogurt) 2 cup

Bay leaf 4 nos.

Chopped tomato ¾ cup

Preparation

1. Marinate chicken pieces .Mix salt, ½ of the red chili powder, ½ of the chopped ginger, ½ of the chopped garlic, 1 tsp. Garam Masala Powder, ½ of the turmeric powder and Curd/Yogurt. Mix well and put chicken pieces in this for an hour.

2. Wash and soak rice in water for about 30 minutes.

3. Boil water, add ½ of the Whole Garam Masala , bay leaf and salt and boil rice till ¾th done. Drain rice and keep aside.

4. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan. Add remaining Whole Garam masala .Let it crackle. Add Sliced onions and sauté’ until light golden brown.

5. Then add remaining chopped ginger, chopped garlic, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, 1 tsp. Garam Masala powder and chopped tomatoes. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add marinated chicken and cook till chicken is tender.

6. Dissolve saffron in warm milk and keep aside.

7. Arrange alternate layers of chicken and rice. Sprinkle saffron dissolved in milk, remaining Garam Masala powder, mint leaves, golden fried sliced onions and butter in between the layers and on top. Make sure that you end with the rice layer topped with saffron , rose water and spices.

8. Cover and seal with aluminum foil . Cook in a preheated oven, for 10-12 minutes. Alternatively cook on an indirect slow flame for 10 to 12 minutes.

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AMT JOKE [/size=4].

It is very funny !!!

Banta was drawing money from ATM.

Santa Singh behind him in the line said, Ha! Ha! Haaa! I have seen your password.

Banta: What is it? .

Santa: It is four asterisk(****)

Banta: Ha! Ha! Haaa! You are wrong. It is 1 2 5 6,