oh..no! i think i've become a himono-onna!!

i am so shocked about this realization i just had to post it immediately! more on this tomorrow.. gotta sleep..


edit: 11.20.2010 8:30am


ok, I have been watching this J-Drama Hotaru No Hikari which is sooo darn funny (but more on that later) and the character Amemiya Hotaru is what you would call a himono-onna. The impact of this word is sooo much that it became one of the top buzzwords in Japan in 2007. Now, there are several definitions of this word based on the drama:


pinktentacle.com:


 Dried-fish woman [himono onna - 干物女]: Himono onna ("dried-fish woman") is an expression used in the movie Hotaru No Hikari to describe the main character, a woman in her 20s who has renounced the pursuit of romance. She spends her evenings reading manga and drinking at home alone, and she spends her weekends lazing around in bed. She's a dried-fish woman.


urbandirectionary.com gives a more direct/straight-from-the-movie definition:


japanese slang meaning: "dried fish - woman". "himono-onna - girls in their twenties whom outside their home puts on a lively face, but as soon they get home, they change into their shirts and their hair are tied up like a samurai-style topknot, and they might even scratch their ass. snack in one hand, and canned beer in the other. on weekends they don’t go to blind dates, when they don’t have work they eat and sleep and eat and sleep and not a single guy around them." -- from Hotaru no Hikari (jdrama).


However, the definition that made me say "ahhh, so I am not alone afterall.." is this.. unfortunately, i forgot to copy the website cos at that time I just copy-pasted this into a notepad (if the author sees this,pls holler so i can credit you properly):


Interestingly, many Chinese young office ladies are leading such a life right now. Every weekend, they would rather stay in their apartments sleeping, listening to music or watching movies instead of going shopping or doing sports with friends. According to them, their work is really boring and exhausting, thus they only want to rest in their little private niche on weekends.


That, right there, explains it all in one go. Man, I am so relieved! I thought I'm like a freak-of-nature, behaving abnormally or against what society would deem as normal. Hah!! So everybody does it then, lazing around on weekends.:) Finally, there's a term for this, it feels like pretty much how one would feel upon discovering that there's a name for what ills them. When I think about it, this had been my lifestyle for about 7 years now, right after finishing college and entering the working world. I started living away from home after high school and from there, it became a series of dorms-boarding houses-apartments. ahh yes, work has its ups and downs, but mostly i find it tiring... it's numbing. *sigh* that's why i've been telling some people that I'm different at work and at home.. I can be really cheerful at work but at home, i just want a quiet atmosphere.. and i simply cannot be bothered on my days off. so yeah, that 3rd definition killed it, i couldn't say it better myself. i think it's my way of "recharging" myself. i may think and look at things differently from most people but come mon-fri, i have to present a facade that's socially acceptable. Thank God, i have 2 days when I can be a himono-onna!  


otp, i make sure i have my comfort food around when i'm on my himono-onna mode.. and one of the requirements for it to qualify as a comfort food are: it has to be easy to make, store bought, or instant. Like this one! <3 it soo much! so oishii!