Expo SMAK 1 Bina Bakti "Be Sparkling with us"...

a few week ago, SMAK 1 Bina Bakti presented an education expo for 3 days from october 15, 2010 until october 17, 2010  included my japanese class.  My students were very excited to decorated our little stand with colourfull teru teru bozu and origami ( tsuru and sakura flower ), it was very tired but so much fun. Besides that, my students were wearing yukata tooo.. and we also sell CHIISAI ONIGIRI (little onigiri), did u know what is onigiri??.. onigiri is an triangle rice filled with crab, fish and nori (seaweed), we sell it very cheap, buy 1 is 3000 rupiah and if u buy 2 u can pay it for 5000 rupiah..Here's some photo from the Expo...
at the expo, we participate cosplay competition too, so excited!!..can't hardly wait for next year...^^

chan - chan's collection...

I loved japanese clothes a lot especially yukata. So I made my own yukata.
Last month, my senior's wife named chan-chan ordered 5 yukata and 2 hakama for education expo at their school in Karawang. So i called them Chan-Chan's Collection. It took about 3weeks to made all of  them. She could decided the colour of yukata but the cloth pattern was depend on ready stock at textile store.
So, if u want to make ur own yukata or hakama just call me n let me know, maybe i can help.. ^^

hakama

Beside yukata, another japanese traditional clothes is Hakama.

hakama (袴) are a type of traditional Japanese clothing. They were originally worn only by men, but today they are worn by both sexes. Hakama are tied at the waist and fall approximately to the ankles. Hakama are worn over a kimono (hakamashita).

Hakama are secured by four straps (himo); two longer himo attached on either side of the front of the garment, and two shorter himo attached on either side of the rear. The rear of the garment has a rigid board-like section, called a koshi-ita (腰板), below that is a hakama-dome (袴止め) (a spoon shaped component sometimes referred to as a hera) which is tucked into the obi or himo at the rear, and helps to keep the hakama in place.

While hakama used to be a required part of men's wear, nowadays typical Japanese men usually wear hakama only on extremely formal occasions and at tea ceremonies, weddings, and funerals. Hakama are also regularly worn by practitioners of a variety of martial arts, such as karate, kendo, iaido, taido, aikido, ryu-te, and kyūdō.

YUKATA

my college's friends

my bestfriends ^^

me and my friends are crazy about to take a picture with yukata because wearing a yukata it seems that we're already in Japan. (so silly but so much fun having friends that's have the same thought with me)

let me introduce a little bit about yukata...

Yukata (浴衣) is a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton. People wearing yukata are a common sight in Japan at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. 

Like other forms of traditional Japanese clothing yukata are made with straight seams and wide sleeves. Unlike formal kimono, which are made of silk, yukata are typically made of cotton or synthetic fabrics, and are unlined.