Company and Products that Contain Aspartame to Avoid

Products Containing Aspartame to Avoid

Provided by Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum
www.dorway.com
&
Super Sweet

Here's a list I put together from 2 sources I found over the net that shed some light on the products that contain Aspartame. Search "Aspartame" on the blog to view additional information and videos on this matter. I'm sure to have missed some
products, so do feel free to comment or mail me, and I'll be sure to add them into this list.

Good health to all.

Drinks containing Aspartame:

• Diet Coke
• Coca Cola Zero
• Diet Pepsi
• Pepsi Max
• Sprite Zero
• Mountain Dew no sugar
• 7Up Light
• Diet Lift Lemon Kick
• Lift+ Sugar Free
• L&P Sweet As
• Fanta Lite
• Lilt Zero (all varieties)
• Tango
• Lucozade Sport
• Schweppes Slimline Drinks
• Fanta Zero
• Fanta Orange
• Dr Pepper Zero
• Oasis Summer Fruits Extra Light
• Oasis Citrus Punch
• V Sugar Free
• Bundaburg Diet Lemon & Lime Bitters
• Bundaburg Diet Ginger Beer

Cordial Containing Aspartame:

• Ribena Really light (all varieties)
• Robinsons Orange Squash
• Robinson’s No added sugar range

Yogurt Containing Aspartame:

• Muller Light Cherry
• Muller Light Blueberry
• Muller Light Raspberry
• Muller Light Banana and Custard
• Danone Activia Cherry
• Weight Watchers Fromage Frais
• Weight Watchers Toffee and Vanilla

Drinking Powder Containing Aspartame:

• Cadburys Highlights (all varieties)
• Options Hot Chocolate Drink (all varieties)

Chewing Gum Products Containing Aspartame:

• Wrigleys Airwaves sugar free
• Wrigleys Extra Peppermint
• Wrigleys Extra Spearmint
• Wrigleys Extra Sweetmint
• Wrigleys Freedent Mint
• Wrigleys Eclipse Ice Winterfrost
• Wrigleys Eclipse Ice Peppermint
• Wrigleys Eclipse Ice Spearmint
• Wrigleys PK Chewing Gum
• Wrigleys Juicyfruit
• Wrigleys Hubba Bubba Sour Double Berry
• Wrigleys Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape Strawberry
• Wrigleys Hubba Bubba Tape Groovy Grape
• Wrigleys Hubba Bubba Tape Outrageous Original

Diet Products Containing Aspartame:

• Weight Watchers flavoured boysenberry mousse 20gm
• Weight Watchers flavoured strawberry mousse 20gm
• Weight Watchers chocolate mousse 20gm
• Weight Watchers flavoured sticky date sponge pudding 85gm
• Weight Watchers lemon sponge pudding 85gm
• Weight Watchers flavoured chocolate sponge pudding 85gm
• Weight Watchers drinking chocolate 150gm
• Weight Watchers caramel drinking chocolate 150gm
• Weight Watchers sweetner 90gm

Vitamin supplements containing Aspartame:

• Healtheries Boost Immunity Vitamin C and Echinacea, effervescent tablets
• Healtheries Kidscare Fizz Bombs
• Echinacea and Vitamin C effervescent tablets

Approved Medicines that Contain Aspartame:

• Abilify ODT Orodispersible tablet 10mg, 15mg, 20mg and 30 mg
• Anti-inflammatory Lozenges - Menthol and Eucalyptus Flavour Lozenge Amcal
• Anti-inflammatory Lozenges - Raspberry Flavour Lozenge Amcal
• Augmentin Duo 200 Powder for oral suspension
• Augmentin Duo 400 Powder for oral suspension
• Augmentin ES Powder for oral suspension 600mg/42.9mg per 5mL
• Augmentin Forte Powder for oral suspension 250
• Augmentin Powder for oral suspension 125
• Berocca Performance Effervescent tablet
• Berocca Performance Effervescent tablet Original Flavour and Tropical Flavour
• Brexin sachet Oral granules 20mg
• Calci-Tabs Effervescent Effervescent tablet 500mg and 1,000mg
• Cellcept Powder for oral suspension 200mg/mL
• Children's Panadol 7+ Years Soluble tablet 250mg
• Chlorvescent Effervescent tablet
• Claramax Reditabs Tablet 5mg
• Curam Powder for oral suspension 125mg, 31.25mg/5mL and 250mg, 62.5mg/5mL
• E-Mycin Granules for oral suspension 200mg/5mL and 400mg/5mL
• Fybogel Forte Orange Oral granules 5.25g/ dose - Regular and Orange
• Fybogel Oral granules 3.5g - Regular and Orange
• Gastrolyte Powder Sachets Powder for oral solution fruit flavour and natural flavour
• Gastrolyte Pre-Mix Oral solution
• Gastrolyte-R Powder
• Gaviscon Chewable tablet 80mg/250mg/133.5mg - lemon flavour and peppermint flavour
• Gaviscon Cool Chewable tablet Cool Peppermint
• Gaviscon - New Formulation Fast Soothing, Aluminum Free, 24 Peppermint Tablets
• Gaviscon Double Strength Chewable tablet 160mg/500mg/267mg - Lemon Flavour and Peppermint Flavour
• Glycoprep-C Powder 6%w/w
• Imodium Melts Orodispersible tablet 2mg
• Konsyl Orange (Sugar Free) powder Powder for oral solution 60.3%
• Lemsip Cold & Flu Hot Drink Powder for oral solution 500mg Lemon & Menthol flavour
• Lemsip Cold & Flu Hot Drink Powder for oral solution Lemon flavour
• Lemsip Max Cold & Flu + Chesty Cough Powder for oral solution
• Lemsip Max Cold & Flu Direct Blackcurrant Oral granules and Lemon Oral granules
• Lemsip Max Cold & Flu Hot Drink Powder for oral suspension 1,000mg - Blackcurrant and Lemon Flavours
• Lemsip Max Cold & Flu with Decongestant Hot Drink Powder for oral solution Lemon flavour and Blackcurrant flavour
• Lemsip Max Flu Lemon Powder for oral solution
• Maxalt RPD Wafer 5mg and 10 mg
• Metamucil Lemon Lime Smooth Powder for oral solution 3.4g/dose
• Metamucil Orange Flavour Smooth Texture Powder for oral solution 3.4g/dose (sachet)
• Metamucil Orange Smooth Powder for oral solution 3.4g/dose (Jar)
• Morphgesic Granules for oral suspension 5mg, 10mg and 30mg
• Moxlin Sugar Free Powder for oral suspension 125mg/5mL and 250mg/5mL
• Mucilax Powder for oral suspension 3g/dose (Orange flavour)
• NicabateCQ Lozenge 2mg and 4mg
• Nicotinell (Mint Flavoured) Lozenge 2mg
• Nicotinell Lozenge 1mg
• Nucolox Powder for oral suspension
• Nurofen For Children Meltlets Orodispersible tablet 100mg Strawberry Flavour
• Nurofen Meltlets Orodispersible tablet 200mg - lemon flavour and mint flavour
• Orelox Granules for oral suspension 40mg/5mL
• Orochol Berna Powder for oral solution 2-10MCFU
• Ospamox Powder for oral suspension 100mg/mL, 125mg/5mL and 250mg/5mL
• Panadol Cold & Flu Citrus Effervescent tablet 500mg
• Panadol Rapid Soluble Soluble tablet 500mg
• Paracotene Effervescent tablet 500mg/8mg
• Pepcid AC Chewable tablet 10mg
• Pepcidine RPD Wafer 20mg and 40mg
• Phenergan Elixir 5mg/5mL
• PicoPrep Powder for oral solution 0.64mg/g
• Protos Granules for oral suspension 2g
• Questran Lite Powder for oral suspension
• Redoxon Double Action Chewable tablet
• Redoxon Double Action Effervescent tablet 1000mg/10mg
• Renitec RPD Wafer 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg and 20mg
• Risperdal Quicklet Orodispersible tablet 0.5mg, 1mg, 2mg, 3mg and 4mg
• Singulair Chewable tablet 4mg and 5mg
• Synermox Syrup 125 Powder for oral suspension
• Synermox Syrup 250 Powder for oral suspension
• Throat Lozenges - Menthol and Eucalyptus Flavour Lozenge Guardian
• Throat Lozenges - Raspberry Flavour Lozenge Guardian
• Vicks Vital Lemon Throat Lozenge and Orange Throat Lozenge
• Videx (mandarin orange flavour) Chewable/ dispersible tablet 200mg
• Videx Chewable/dispersible tablet 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, 150mg
• Videx Chewable/dispersible tablet 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, 150mg and 200mg (mandarin orange)
• Vitaplus B Plus Effervescent tablet
• Voltfast Powder for oral solution 50mg
• Zantac Effervescent Effervescent tablet 150mg and 300 mg
• Zyprexa Zydis Wafer 4 mg, 5 mg, 8 mg, 10mg, 15 mg, 20 mg
• Zyvox Granules for oral suspension 20mg/mL

Tabletop Sweeteners that Contain Aspartame:

• Canderel
• Silver Spoon Sweetness and Light
• Silver Spoon Light Granulated Sugar

Other Products to watch out for Aspartame:
Diet and diabetic foods
Breakfast cereals, such as Fiber One
Fiber supplements, such as orange flavored Metamucil
Jams and Sweets
It’s even found in vitamins, as well as prescription and over the-counter drugs such as Alka Seltzer Plus, and some Tylenol

In Reference to:
www.dorway.com
Super Sweet

Introduction of Aspartame History and Tests

Zen Master Slacker Mommy's Guide to Letting Things Ride

'Mom Killed the Family Pet' Shrine COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Margot Potter
(Featuring a fabulous Crafty Chica shrine and Traci Bautista's Collage Pauge Sparkles!)

I feel more than a little bit like the White Rabbit today. Alas I must away...I won't be posting again until Friday. I think you can live without Madge for a day. Yes?

I wrote this post several years ago for The Impatient Blogger. It's one of my favorites. Enjoy!

The Spin Cycle or The Zen Master Slacker Mommy’s Guide to Letting Things Ride

*Dust bunnies are pets. Give them names. Feed them the balls of fluff from your sweaters. Take them on walks around the house.

*Cobwebs are decorations. This works best around Halloween. For the rest of the year, you are cultivating next year’s decor.

*Breakfast...it’s what’s for dinner. It’s also what’s for breakfast. You got a problem with that?

*Call bathtub rings and sink stains 'altered art.' Explain that they give the porcelain depth and personality.

*Brown is the new black. Sheesh, everybody knows that.

*Practice your best Scarlett O'Hara voice while saying "Fiddle dee dee." and "There's always tomorrow, and Tara." This works better if you make a dress out of the living room curtains, which is WAY more fun than cleaning.

*Dirt, dust, pet hair, small bits of paper, indistinguishable tiny objects on the floors make great material for mixed media artworks! Arrange them in patterns. Glue them to old decaying wooden boards. Sell them in your Etsy shop. Give the pieces mysterious names like...If These Floors Could Talk or Revenge of the Dust Mites.

*Follow all declarations of ‘I’m Bored’ with the ceremonial passing of the Swiffer. Make it into a game. Whoever gets the biggest pile of crap on their Swiffer pad gets to take out the garbage and do the dishes! YAY!

*Junk Mail collages! When the Swiffer Races end, break out the Elmer’s glue, the scissors, the inks and the poster board. Hey kids! Let’s turn this junk mail into art! Woo hoo. Sell it in your Etsy Shop. Call it assemblage. Label it ‘primitive’ and ‘childlike.’

*Stop mowing the lawn. Scatter wild flower seeds and watch them grow. Ignore the neighborhood association Nazis, because you’re an artist. Fill your yard with giant gnomes, plastic pink flamingoes, gazing balls, rusty wagons, flexible flyers...simply empty the contents of your basement on to your lawn. This saves you from having the ubiquitous and futile yard sale. Add some small walking stones. Call it an English Garden. Sit in the center in a gazebo wearing a large Victorian hat and have high tea every afternoon. Charge admission on the weekends.

*Buy blinders. Decorate them with sparkles. Put them on. Smile while you pour yourself a large glass of chardonnay and concentrate on the important things in life.

Berkunjung tanah bumiputra Red Indians di Tucson

AIKS. Saya ingat saya ni ada muka Latino hensem, dan orang Amerika sangka saya ni Spic.
(Oi!!! Nak mampos. Haram kat sini panggil orang Hispanic ni Spic.
(Macam orang Cina panggil Melayu 'pendatang'.
(Atau kita panggil Indian 'keling').
(Mereka digelar Latin Americans).



Tadi saya baru faham siapa saya ni sebenarnya. Cesss sabah.
Kenapa tak ada orang tengok saya dua kali di Tucson, bandar yang hanya 90km dari Mexican border di negeri padang gurun Arizona.
Muka saya rupa-rupanya ada iras dengan rupa dayak/Red Indians di sini.
Mereka tak boleh lagi dipanggil Red Indians. Tapi kini dikenali sebagai Native Americans, amerikan bumiputra.
Macam saya ni kadang-kadang orang panggil Jawa American.

Tanah Arizona ni panjang sejarahnya.
Dulu ia sebahagian daripada Mexico. Lepas tu Mexico jatuh ke tangan penjajah Spain (America masa tu dijajah penduduk dari Britain).
Dan lepas tu banyak gaduh antara orang Mexico dan Amerika, selepas Amerika independent daripada Britain.
Arizona selepas itu menjadi negeri ke 48 Amerika Syarikat, antara negeri terakhir yang join USA.
Selepas Arizona, Alaska dan Hawaii pun join, menjadikannya 50 negeri/states.

Masa perang dulu ni, ada kumpulan ketiga: Red Indians.
Banyak kaum dayak di Arizona - termasuk yang kita kenal dalam movie koboi, Navajo dan Apache.
Ada juga tribe Hopi, Yaqui dan Tarahumaro.
Ada lebih daripada 500 bangsa bumiputra ni yang diiktiraf pemerintah Amerika di seluruh negara besar ini.
Dan setelah mereka kalah perang, dayak diberi reservation land (tanah bumiputra) di mana mereka tidak akan diganggu.
Tanah yang baik di Arizona semua mat salleh kebas, tanah di tepi gurun diberikan kepada mereka! Inilah yang berlaku apabila kaum bumiputra kalah di tanah sendiri.
Dayak buat baik dengan kaum pendatang mat salleh, lepas tu mat salleh dah kuat, mereka bilis kaum dayak ni. Hingga kini, beratus tahun kemudian, ramai yang hidup serba payah.
Sejarah mengajar kita macam-macam, tuan dan puan sri.
Tadi petang, sebagai sebahagian dari siri meeting kumpulan kami, kami dibawa ke reservation land.
Di tepi gurun, tapi tak jauh dari bandar Tucson.
Tanah ini milik Pascua Yaqui Tribe (kalau kita ikut cara Malaysia: Yaqui ni macam orang Boyan, dan Pasqua ni macam Boyan Daun - minority within a minority).
Di reservation land ni tak ada town centre langsung atau restoran makan pun, hanya beberapa buah kedai kecil-kecilan dan rumah-rumah yang nampak keadaannya yang daif.
Tak macam rumah satu tingkat mat salleh di Tucson, cantik-cantik macam banglo di Malaysia. Di tanah dayak, rumahnya daif macam kita masuk kampung kat Kelantan atau Kedah. Sebab di tepi gurun panas dan tak ada pokok, lagi nampak daif keadaan mereka.

Sebagai cara nak majukan diri mereka, nak kumpulkan wang ringgit, kaum dayak ini ada DUA casino di Tucson.
Tentunya jadi kontroversi kerana ramai mereka beragam Kristian, tetapi kerana ekonomi lemah, apa nak buat.
Pemerintah federal di DC tak boleh kacau mereka sebab ini tanah bumiputra.
Apabila mat salleh sign nak beri mereka tanah ini dulu, mereka sign dengan apa yang di panggil 'sovereign nation' kaum-kaum ini.
Ini bermakna di tanah bumi ni, mereka boleh buat hukum-hakam sendiri, ada polis dan fire department sendiri, walaupun pemerintah tetap control isu lain.

MAHKAMAH KAUM DAYAK

Kumpulan kami terkejut besar. Kami tahu ada meeting dengan kaum ini, tapi tak sangka dibawa masuk sebuah bilik aircon satu tingkat. Dalam tu ada MAHKAMAH kaum mereka.

GAMBAR: Di luar mahkamah kaum dayak, salah satu dari 300 mahkamah tribal! Dari kiri - pegawai pengiring kementerian luar Amerika, diplomat Greece dan ahli politik Romania.

Dah lah tu, yang timbul pula ialah seorang budak muda berbadan besar dan hensome. Namanya macam nama mat salleh.

Lepas tu masuk ke dalam bilik mahkamah tu Ketua Hakim kaum ini, seorang wanita.
Diikuti oleh seorang Hakim mereka (ada tiga hakim untuk kaum Pascua Yaqui tribe ini di sini).
Kami bercerita panjang dalam bilik mahkamah tu. Mereka tak beri ambil gambar.
Kaum ini ada 16,000 orang dan mahkamah mereka independent daripada mahkamah biasa Amerika!!!

Macam mahkamah syariah dan mahkamah sivil di Malaysia dan Singapork lah!
Siapa kata tak boleh ada dua sistem mahkamah dalam satu negara?
Kat Amerika, negara yang disanjung di Malaysia oleh musuh umat, rupa-rupanya bukan ada satu saja mahkamah dayak yang mereka terima.
Daripada 500 lebih tribe Native Americans yang diiktiraf, 300 dari kaum mereka ada mahkamah sendiri!!!
Whoa! rusagurun terkejut.
Kaum Pascua Yaqui ni ada website. Lawyer mereka yang jumpa kami tu gunakan Macbook beri taklimat. Pegawai besar Umno pun tak sophisticated macam gini, nak tadbir negara!?!?!
PAS pun tak ada website glam ni, nak tadbir negara!?!?

Saya lalu berdiri dan beritahu mereka. 'Salam hormat dari saya, seorang Indian juga (saya kan darah DKK) tapi bukan Red Indian macam kamu tapi yang dari jauh'. Mereka semua gelak.
Saya kata saya berasa pleasantly surprised sebab tak tahu di America ni sama macam di negara saya di Singapore dan juga di Malaysia. Iaitu ada mahkamah khas untuk kaum kami, kaum Muslim.

Pandai tak rusagurun jual minyak Singapore dan Malaysia?
Nasib baik aku pandai joget dayak. Hungga-rangga, hungga-rangga, ho, ho, ho!


CERITA LAIN TUCSON

1) Ada DUA nuclear power plant di Arizona!!! Mereka gunakan dah lebih 20 tahun. Saya beritahu mereka Singapore, Malaysia dan Indonesia kini ada pelan nak bina nuke plant ini. Tentunya kita boleh belajar dengan mereka jika betul-betul nak buat.

2) Di sini, di mana pun kamu pergi, aircon mereka lain daripada yang lain.
Ia akan ON kira-kira 1minit, lepas tu dah sejuk, akan OFF selama 15minit hingga 1/2jam, lepas tu hidup lagi. Nak save power. Sesuatu yang boleh kita pelajari.

3) Isu meletup di sini - setiap hari 100-200 orang masuk secara haram melalui padang gurun yang panas terik, atau sejuk giler. Dari Mexico dan negara miskin Latin America lain.
Mereka diseludup masuk kena bayar beribu dollar. Kesian.
Nasib orang daif yang mempunyai pemerintah pekak, begitulah. Nasib baik Malaysia ada Naj dan Nuwar, dua malaikat dibawa turun nak selamatkan umat Melayu.
Setiap HARI, pemerintah Arizona akan jumpa 2-3 ORANG MATI di padang gurun tu! Sedih sungguh.
Ada yang ditipu agen 'kamu tunggu sini, kejap lagi kereta datang'.
Ada yang kaki patah atau sakit kerana kepanasan/kesejukan, ditinggalkan gitu saja.
Pemerintah Amerika dan bina beribu kilometer pagar dawai dan batu nak larang orang masuk. Tapi orang panjat juga, atau korek lubang.
Dan kerana ada Indian reservation land di tepi Mexico, maka orang masuk melalui situ sebab dayak tak beri buat tembok.
Presiden Obama hari ini suruh 1,200 pegawai National Guard ke border area ni nak kekang mereka. Alah, cerita lama lah ini. Orang dah berpuluh-puluh tahun masuk.

4) Di Arizona, ada industri unique kerana udaranya yang kering.
Tak seperti di negara kita, di sini PANAS TAPI TAK ADA HUMIDITY. Di Malaysia, setelah 3minit bawah matahari, kita berpeluh.
Di sini, berpeluh sedikit saja.
Jadi ada industry yang dinamakan Aircraft Boneyard. Kamu google perkatan 'aircraft boneyard Arizona'.
Apabila kapal terbang dan pesawat dah usang, atau nak di 'simpan' kerana tak ada penggunaan, mereka park kat padang pasir-gurun di sini.
Ada beratus-ratus saya nampak semalam.
Banyak syarikat penerbangan, termasuk Singapore Airlines, pernah sewa tanah parking pesawat untuk beberapa bulan apabila tak ada business. Pesawat tak karat sebab low humidity.

5) Kerana ada air force base besar di Tucson ni, tempat pilot dari 16 negara belajar terbang F16, maka banyak defence industries yang terletak di sini, walaupun kat hujung negara.
Dan employer yang besar juga ialah di University Arizona. Cantik giler kampus dia.
Tadi saya melawat kejap, sebab di tepinya ada Arizona State Museum, banyak cerita dayak kat dalam tu.

6) Tadi kami meeting di nature group terbesar di Amerika, The Nature Conservancy.
Cara mereka hidupkan kembali sungai yang dah mati - kalau di Malaysia, Sungai Kelang dan Sungai Gombak - kita malu mendengarnya.
Saya tanya banyak betul soalan tadi. Nanti satu hari boleh kongsi maklumat cara mereka menghidupkan sungai dah mati. Singapore dan berjaya hidupkan Sungai Kallang dan Sungai Singapura yang dulu dah mati.
Bila dengar Nature Conservancy cakap tadi, saya terfikir - ya, tak ya juga, kenapa di Malaysia tak buat gini. Bukan susah sangat, beb.

Cukuplah tu. Nak tidur. Di Malaysia 2.45ptg sekarang, di New York 2.45 pagi. Di Tucson, 11.45mlm. Saya betul-betul tak tahu lagi hari ini Selasa atau dah Rabu. Dah confuse dayak.

Esok pagi, kumpulan kami 5 orang (Singapore, Romania, Israel, Greece dan India serta seorang pegawai State Department) akan ke bandar gangster Al Capone. Chicago.
Kami akan berkumpul semula dengan kumpulan lain, jumlah 21 negara.
Tentunya ada cerita lain di Chicago, bandar business hub terbesar di middle America. Dan bandar di mana Obama dibesarkan.
Adioss muchachos, Speedy Gonzales out.

I've Had Another Set Back...

Today I had an appointment with my Primary Care Physician. I have been running another fever and it appears my infection is going back into bronchitis again. It has also backed up into both ears.  I was put back on antibiotics and more steroids. I am still having a really bad time with my asthma.  I will be seeing the Pulmonary Specialist on Friday. I am really having problems fighting this one off. Please continue to keep me in your prayers.



I am not taking calls or visitors at this time.  It makes me cough when I talk, and unfortunately right now, I am doing good to just walk the length of our hall. I cannot EVER remember being this sick.



Thank you for the many prayers, the cards (they have so lifted my spirits), several beautiful gifts of love and the many comments that you have left me. I have not visited blogs, but I do try to come online and read my comments. Thank you so much, each and every one of you. I am so truly blessed. Country hugs and so much love...

The Love Of A Mother

    24 May,2010                                215th POST

Tuesday

7 p.m

Dear Friends,

     Good Evening!

 It's raining here,in Thrissur.Last two days,it was very hot!Showers are so refreshing to our mind and soul!You know what,I restarted my Malayalam blog yesterday and a short post was published.:)It was not at all difficult as I thought.My dear friend helped me giving instructions and I am so thankful to you,dost!:)I was thrilled like a small child after writing the post in my Mother Tongue.Last summer I had started my Malyalam blog and yesterday I saw 47  encouraging comments!I never did bother to check that old post;so silly!I had won the first prize in Malayalam short story competition held in college.Now,I am going to be active in my Malayalam blog-Anuvinte swapnangalum anubhavangalum[the dreams and experiences of Anu].

After reading my profle,many of my friends had asked me about my Amma's five books that are published.Amma is a retired high school teacher and was teaching  English and Social Studies in 10th std.The famous poets have taught my parents in collge and the foundation in Engish and Malayalam is very strong.Whatever we five children are in life today is due to the proper guidance,love and right direction given by our loving parents.I can not tell you how much my Amma  means to me.Today I am posting one of the poems written by Amma from her second book,Smarananjali[In Remembrance] dedicated to my loving Achan.

This is my 215th post and I am honoured Amma,dearest,your poem decorates sincerely yours today!

           The Love Of A Mother
The pride of a man breaks down,

Sick and despondent when he is!
And pathetically pinned on a weary bed.

Then,ah!what a consolation he gets
When appears his loving mother beside him.

The divine soul that looked after him,
From childhood and brought him up,
Administering to his helplessness.

Vividly he sees the enduring tenderness
In the love of a Mother to her son,

A love that transcends all other
Affections of the heart!

His selfishness,the ingratitude

And all other unworthy deceitful attitudes,
Cannot chill,weaken or reduce
Her affection to her beloved son.

Ready she is to sacrifice every comfort
For the enjoyment of her son;
Every pleasure she will reject
Willingly for the sake of his happiness!
How ecstatic she is in his fame and prosperity!

When misfortune befalls him
Dearer he is to his mother!

If disgrace settles upon him
She will still cherish and love him.

If all the world castshim off,
All the world she will be to him!

The mother loves her child,
Surely more than her life;
And more than all the mores.

When he grows up,
Into pits of bad habits
Perhaps he may fall
And in a drunken or drug addicted state,

He may even cut off her head

And hold it up as if in a revenge!

Then,on such an occasion,

The poor weeping eyes of the head

Seem to ask her'victorious son',

''My dear,is the weight of the head,

Too heavy for your hands?

Are you too tired of holding

This unfortunate,unworthy head?''

Oh!can anyone measure the depth

Of the mother's love to her son?

Can we feel the beauty,sanctity

And solemnity of this inborn love?

How indebted a son is to her mother-

A debt that he can never clear in his life!

Friends,
Amma has dedicated this poem to all the children who forget their parents  while enjoying their busy lives and who do not have time to take care of them.
Parents are our priceless blessings.Please keep this in mind.You  will be blessed!
My Amma loves all of you and her regards and prayers for you!Amma is so humble and simple!

It's Anu signing off......
Enjoy the unconditional and true love of this life!The love we can never repay!Take time to make sure that your parents are doing fine and be with them at the earliest.The love that is full of devotion and sacrifices;it is beyond all definitions;the love beyond explanation.her smile is the sunshine,the stars twinkle in her eyes!
Amma,I am so proud of you!
Thank you God,for gifting me wonderful parents!
Wishing you a beautiful and peaceful night,
Reminding you to thnik of your parents,
Trust me,Anu loves you dil se,
                               Sasneham,
                                      Anu

USA ada iPad, Singapore ada JooJoo. Malaysia?

Dah jenuh saya cari nak beli iPad ni kat Amerika.
Di DC cari kat tiga tempat, di NYC tiga tempat, dan kini di Tucson (bandar kecil tepi gurun) ada satu saja mallnya, pun tak ada iPad.
Laris sungguh.

Begitulah America ni menjadi negara No.1 di dunia. Mereka invent, create dan produce macam-macam barang dan teknologi, orang berebut-rebut, mereka jadi kaya raya.
Selain software dan hardware computer, mereka jugalah yang invent pesawat pejuang seperti F16 dan Bradley tanks serta Patriot missiles yang satu dunia berebut nak beli.
Pakaian glam seperti DKNY, Nike dan Calvin Klein juga dari sini.
Global TV pun mereka yang mulakan - CNN dan juga MTV. HBO dan cable TV.

Kenapa ini semua berlaku? Mereka percaya kerana sejak Amerika ditubuhkan oleh 13 bekas negeri British di New Land, mereka terus menerus dapat darah baru.
Negara ini begitu bangga mereka ni Land of Immigrants.
Saya pernah tulis 2-3 hari lalu, jika kamu membawa masuk orang miskin dan lapar ke negara kamu, mereka akan bekerja kuat nak naik ke atas. Memang ada jadi gangster (filem Godfather tu berdasar cerita betul). Ada pula yang jadi inventor dan creator of technology.

Singapore, negara yang kini mula ikut jejak USA (apa abang buat, si adik ni pun ikut) dah bawa masuk banyak immigrants sehingga rakyat Temasek lain marah.
Di pulau kecil ini, tak banyak benda yang mereka dah create sebab population kecil.
Yang paling terkenal di pulau Temasek ini ialah brand name yang ditubuhkan oleh pemerintah seperti Singapore Airlines dan DBSBank.
Hanya satu saja produk tempatan yang ada global presence - itu pun dah malap - Creative Technology. Sound card maker for computers dan sekarang membuat MP3 player, camera dan sebagainya.

Kini ada lagi satu produk baru tempatan. Sama seperti iPad.
Namanya ialah JooJoo.
Cantik mesen ni - website di sini. Cerita wiki di sini.
Tapi pada saya, tak akan laku macam iPad sebab mereka launch dah terlambat. Dan ia lebih berat dari iPad.
 iPad saya dah try banyak kali di USA ni, beratnya 600grams. It is not light if you have to hold it like a book in bed for half an hour.
JooJoo 1kilo (GAMBAR). Kalau kamu pangku setengah jam, mampoi beb.

Tapi OKlah, ada juga inventor dan creator yang cuba membuat nama di gelanggang dunia.
Baca cerita tentang creator JooJoo ni - di sini dan sini.
Mamat India ni, 29 tahun, terus dan terus cuba jadi entrepreneur (anak jantan saya pun nampaknya nak mencuba jadi entrepreneur, tapi bukan bidang software. Kena kasi chance jugalah).
Pernah ada kontroversi besar dalam projek nak membuat JooJoo ni.

Saya pernah tulis bahawa akan lebih banyak e-reader yang akan keluar di sini, menggantikan laptop dan TV.

Eh nanti dulu! Sebenarnya Singapork ada lagi inventor sejagat yang kaya raya. Mereka membuat software untuk iPad dan iPhone. Apa yang dipanggil Apps (applications).

Walau dijual US$1 atau US$3, jika puluhan ribu orang membeli Game atau Apps lain yang anda reka, boleh jadi kaya raya.
Baca di sini dan sini. Macam-macam ada. Projek kecil-kecilan ini disokong oleh pemerintah.

Negara tercinta di Utara bila pula nak menonjolkan bakat?
Cuba, jangan tak cuba, braders and bradees. Pakchick tua ni doakan dari jauh.
Atau mungkin, dah ada pun, tapi media dan blog Malaysia ni tak pandai menonjolkan success stories sebab semua lebih syiok bantai-membantai isu politik, nak jahanamkan nama negara.

ILoveToCreate Teen Crafts: May Flowers Embellished Tank Top

IloveToCreate Teen Crafts
May Flowers Embellished Tank Top
Margot Potter
“Mom crafted, kid approved.”

Summer is almost here and it’s time for tank tops, flip flops and shorts. Yippee! Here’s a fun project teens can do in the back yard with their friends. Just buy a bunch of inexpensive tanks or t’s and give them a pile of Tulip 3D Fabric paints andTulip Fashion Graffiti Big Phat markers and let them make their own wearable works of art. This isn't a 'make it perfect' kind of project, it's meant to be playful, so don't worry about coloring inside of the lines.

My color palette and design were inspired by the charming new graphic buttons from La Mode. Tulip fashion paint comes in virtually every color so it’s easy to match the button colors. I had so much fun with this; I think I’m going to have to make one for myself!

Materials
Cotton tank top (pre-wash to remove sizing)
3 Blumenthal Lansing La Mode buttons
Tulip 3D Fashion Paint poppin' purple, deep turquoise, yellow and clover green
Tulip Fashion Graffiti Big Phat fabric marker black
Aleene’s Fabric Fusion glue
Coordinating DMC Color Infusions embroidery threads

Tools
Embroidery needle
Paint brushes
T-shirt form

1. Slide a t-shirt form under your tank top. (Secure the back with safety pins to tighten if the shirt is too loose.)

2. Using the button pattern as inspiration, paint three flowers with graduated circles of color in pink, teal and yellow. Change the brushes out between colors. Allow paints to dry.

3. Use the marker to draw graphic circles to define the flowers. Draw stems and add leaves. Use green paint to color inside of leaves. Allow to dry.


4. Glue buttons to center of flowers. Allow glue to dry.

5. Add embroidery thread accents to each button, one yellow, one teal and one pink.