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Nur Imroatun Sholihat

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Hello

I'mNur Imroatun Sholihat

IT Auditor and Storyteller

So I heard you are curious about IT and/or auditing. I'm your go-to buddy in this exciting journey. My typical professional life consists of performing (and studying!) IT audit and leading the reporters of the award-winning magazine, Auditoria. Armed with a Master's in Digital Transformation from UNSW Sydney, I'm currently wearing multiple hats—ambassador at IIA Indonesia's Young Leader Community, mentor at ISACA Global, Head of Public Relations at MoF-Cybersecurity Community, and trainer at IIA Indonesia. You'll also find me sharing insights on my YouTube channel, speaking at seminars, and crafting content on LinkedIn. Let's connect and dive into the world of IT and auditing together!

experience

IT Auditor

2017-present

IT governance, cybersecurity, application--my daily struggle, seriously :D

Storyteller

2005-present

Writing keeps me sane :)

Content Creator

2020-present

Creating Youtube videos and LinkedIn posts, hopefully useful

IT Officer

2011-2015

performing IT services--sometimes about people forgot to plug their cords, sometimes serious incidents :p

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Showing posts with label english. Show all posts
Showing posts with label english. Show all posts

THE ROMANTIC SONGS I’M CURRENTLY LISTENING TO

Lately, I‘m jamming to slow songs to match the pleasant kind of rainy days' mellow mood. Unknowingly, the slow songs I’m currently listening are romantic melodies. Rain season is synonymous with romantic--kinda obviously. So here are the songs I’m enjoying the most these days (in no particular order):

1. Everything - The Black Skirts
“On rainy days, lying down, not a single word. Gazing with our eyes closed, everything becomes ours. Times when you go around looking for me pale-faced. Times when you surprise me with your cheeky stories.”
Have you ever fell in love with a song since the first notes on the first time listening? The exact situation happened to me. I couldn’t precisely mention what’s the biggest reason I fell into this K-indie band’s song. As usual, good music cannot be exactly described, you just listen (*-*). Which side of this song easily grabbed my attention? Was it the lyrics (but I didn’t even understand the lyrics except for the English ones), the melody (the nostalgia aura behind the melody, was it you my heart stealer?), the soft vocal, or the dreamy vibe (the relaxed mood whenever I hear this beautiful piece)?

And the “my everything” part on repeat is romantic :D

#FROMALQURAN ALLAH KNOWS

“Allah knows what is in every heart.” (Al Mulk: 13)

Lately, I’m attached to the phrase “Allah knows” once over again (surely can’t get over it). Been an avid admirer of this beautiful phrase and the admiration only getting stronger over time. There are a lot of verses in the holy Al Quran which described it. Allah knows every secret even the most hidden one. Nothing in the earth and in the hereafter is hidden from Him. Whatever happens in this earth, even every fallen leaf, with His knowledge. Only Allah knows the unseen. Verily, nothing escapes His knowledge no matter how tiny it is.

He is aware of all that we do. He sees our struggle in each and every situation. He knows our effort when nobody knows. He already knew what we are longing for yet still listens to our prayer. He never leaves us even for a blink of an eye, for worse or better. He acknowledges the time we silently feel so wounded and broken. He knows the hidden tears behind our eyes. He knows how hard we try to smile while the sorrow takes over our hearts. He knows how much exactly our hearts ache. He knows how tired our mind and soul are. He understands our confusion as we feel so lost in the middle of a catastrophe. Indeed He’s The All-Knowing.

But hey, Allah knows all the burdens we bear. He knows what the hearts conceal. No matter how lonely we think we are, Allah accompanies us in an incomparably near distance. He’s closer than our jugular vein. For that, O ya Allah, remind us that You’re always there for us.

The knowledge that Allah knows our hardship is sufficient to make us calm and composed conquering the difficulties. The feeling of knowing He knows and keeps a watch over us is the best medicine for every pain. Allah knows what is best for us and when it is best for us to have it. Allah knows—and that should be enough.

Ya Aaliim, You know how much pains and hardships my bruised heart has gone through. Please guide me, help me go through them, My Lord. 
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image source: pinterest.com
(I want to give the proper credit because I know where did the quote in the picture come from. "Every sparkling tear on every eyelash, Allah knows." is taken from Zain Bikha's Allah Knows.)

SEOULITE (HALF ALBUM): AN ALBUM WHICH MAKE YOU WONDER HOW BEAUTIFUL SEOUL IS

Album: Seoulite (Half Album)
Studio Album by Leehi
Producers: Epik High’s Tablo, DJ Tukutz, and Mithra Jin, Leehi

Hey, it’s been a long time I didn’t write any song or album review. So, I just found myself in love with this album. It's called Seoulite (Half Album) (I'm not a big fan of the second part of Seoulite. That's why I'm here only for the first half). It’s Leehi’s second album after her stunning debut album “First Love”. It took three years for the young diva to come back--to complete this album. Even when we thought her first album was well-made but surely we are gonna love her even more with her newest album. Leehi said this album is named Seoulite since people keep saying she’s so good at singing English songs but she wanted to restate herself as a Seoul girl. Different from her debut album which was a pop-soul-RnB based, her latest album is a hip-hop number (indeed her producers were hip-hop warriors). This album is gonna leave you in awe and of course, wondering just how beautiful Seoul is to have a singer like her.

#FROMALQURAN THE BEAUTIFUL PATIENCE

Beautiful patience =  be in a state of happiness and pleasure while being patient over a situation

 

Al Quran has the most beautiful verses—we, moslems, have no doubt about it. Even the best poet can’t write anything close to the holy Al Quran given to the noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Found so many verses that touched my heart, I decided to share my favorite verses on this #FROMALQURAN column. For the very first, I’ll write a verse I’m really fond of. It comes from surah Al-Ma’arij, about a word mentioned a lot in Al Quran: patience.

TAEYANGUI HUYE

















For those who feel unfamiliar with these words, I give the translation. Taeyangui Huye means “Descendants of The Sun”, an extremely celebrated South Korea’s TV drama. Now it sounds familiar right? Because millions of people (maybe you're included. Hihi) enjoyed this drama. I was into it these days, after a very long time didn’t into any dramas. (Mostly I don’t enjoy watching drama. The dramas got my attention can be counted with fingers).

“To me, even love occurs just between other groups of people. So, there’s never a reason for my heart to beat fast.” 
                                                                                                   (Wiing Wiing-Hyukoh)

He probably busy on Monday / Tuesday seems too soon, don’t you think? / Wednesday feels kind of awkward / I don’t like Thursday for some reason / Oh this Friday / Oh, how is this Friday?/ It’s too hard to wait till the weekend / I only look at the clock 1,2,3,4 / My time is slow without you / I keep drawing your smile and hair / I might become a painter / A normal Friday? For me, it’s a fly day (Friday - IU feat Mino)

SONG OF THE DAY: BE MINE-2NE1

“So just shut up and be mine.”

I don’t know why but today I’m in the mood of listening "Be Mine" by 2NE1. I was doing some exercises and jogging this morning and suddenly this song jogged on my brain. So when I arrived in my room, this song was the first one I’m searching for. It has been a long time since the last time I listened to this song. Like the first time I heard the melody, this song always sounds so nice.

SONG OF THE DAY: SUN IS SHINING-AXWELL / \ INGROSSO

If you know the feeling of meeting a song that gives you fluttery feeling every time you listen to it, then you know mine right now. I can’t help smiling whenever I listen to this mood-booster song. I mean, I love how this summer-y song had a very sweet message. Don’t forget the fact that it used simple lyrics to convey the song’s emotion yet still sounds so full. I love the part “Can’t you tell I got news for you?”. When we’re ready to listen to the news, we only get extremely nice words afterward. 

I'm surrounded by strong happiness and positive energy, especially in the chorus part. I still can't get over how this song trapped me with a question only to send me to the beautiful words "sun is shining and so are you.". Can’t you tell I got news for you? It’s very important news.

AND YOU CAME MY WAY ON A WINTER’S DAY
SHOUTED LOUDLY COME OUT AND PLAY
CAN’T YOU TELL I GOT A NEWS FOR YOU
SUN IS SHINING AND SO ARE YOU
AND WE’RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT
DRY YOUR TEARS AND HOLD TIGHT
CAN’T YOU TELL I GOT A NEWS FOR YOU
SUN IS SHINING AND SO ARE YOU

SONG OF THE DAY: HAPPY-NE1

Have you ever listened to a happy song but on contrary feel sad? Although this song has a happy vibe--even the title told us so but it’s actually a really sad song.
I always and will always love the contradictive things in YG Entertainment’s songs (where 2NE1 is one of the label's artists). I Love You told us about loving someone who doesn’t care about us at all and ended up hating him—but still love him so much. Sometimes the person you love the most is the person you hate the most—I think it’s cool to have this kind of story in a song. Lonely told us about being lonely even though having someone beside us. And here’s the latest contradictive 2NE1 presented to the listeners: without you, I’m not happy but I hope you’re happy. Although the upbeat melody sounds fun and bright, the story is on the other side. The song even performed in cute choreography, a catchy beat,  and a cool drum sound but actually is about broken-hearted girls. 

SADA BORNEO

Some songs are simply mystical and magical. For me, Sada Borneo is one of them.

My first encounter with Sada Borneo was when I heard their audition for Asia's Got Talent 2015. The relaxing, soothing, and very calm melody of theirs gracefully flowed right to my soul. They mixed traditional and modern music well. Their song was something familiar in my ears--simply like a sound from nature. It’s the sound that brought me to my childhood--to a place with only peacefulness. Sada Borneo’s music touched my heart right in the center. It flew me to an imaginary place where happiness is synonymous with that place.















source: rebloggy.com

SONG OF THE DAY: BIG BANG’S LOSER

Have you ever feel after you defended yourself many times, at the end of day, you 're so defeated to the point you have to admit that you’re a total loser?
Big Bang dropped their newest songs called Bae Bae and Loser. Between the two, I’m into Loser more as the melancholy hip hop track was like speaking to me. Bae Bae is a mid-tempo track with cool snares sound and Loser is a ballad with a slow tempo song. While Bae Bae sounds playful-cheerful, Loser has a dark atmosphere and is emotional. I think I can relate to this RnB-with-hip hop-touch song. As soon as I heard this song, I keep singing the lyrics especially the “loser, loner, a coward who pretends to be tough” part that easily stuck in my mind. Big Bang really matured now. Their songs aren’t the fancy, flashy, upbeat songs but songs that tell the reality. The honest and sincere lyrics can touch the listener’s heart and yes Big Bang did it on me.



Enjoy your color
Show your color

                                                                                                 (CL of 2NE1--Show Your Color feat Verbal Jint)

STANDING EGG

"Keep going, I'm here. I only look at you, please take my hand. I wanna keep going. I'll never let your hand go--not anywhere. I'll go together with you. I wanna keep going," (Keep Going, Standing Egg)

Have I ever told you that I love indie music? I love Homogenic, ERK, and guess what’s next? Standing Egg! To put it simply the indie band provides you easy-listening songs. But if you ask me the reason why  I’m jamming to their tracks then the explanation couldn’t be simple.


However much we describe and explain love, 
When we fall in love we are ashamed of our words. 
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, 
But love unexplained is clearer. 


(Description of Love, Jalaluddin Rumi)

ONE OF A KIND

Yes, Sir, I’m one of a kind….

Out of blue, I want to write this review. Although this album was released 2 years ago, I still listen to it often. G-Dragon dropped his “One of A Kind” album while Big Bang holds a world tour in 2012. Meanwhile, I was jamming to Big Bang’s Alive album, I can’t help moving my heart to Big Bang's leader’s second album. I’ll write my opinion on why I adore this album and the reasons I called this album a masterpiece.

WINNER 2014 S/S


“Just because you’re so-called BigBang’s junior group, people’s expectations are very high. You have to make songs that reach the expectations people have for YG and Winner. You need to be more tired and more uncomfortable and more scared. You cant achieve success just by being in YG” – YG's advice to Winner

SONG OF THE DAY: EYES, NOSE, LIPS

"They say that time flies
But you keep breakin' its wings"


Taeyang has released his third solo album with the title song "Eyes, Nose, Lips". The ballad R&B song slayed the charts, received the certified all-kill achievement. After winning local's hearts (by won 6 trophies on music shows so far) and of course international recognition (by topped many iTunes charts and joined Billboard 200 chart), YG prepares another surprise: the YG family cover project. Its very first project was Akdong Musician's cover of Eyes, Nose, Lips. A cute interpretation of the heart-wrenching original version. If in the original version, Taeyang showed us a vibe of how painful and empty he is because of the one he loves, Akdong gave us a feeling of first love disaster. The arrangement sticks with Taeyang's but this one is acoustic. Even though it lacks the sorrowful emotion--puts broken pure love feeling instead, Akdong provided us a fresh cover. Soohyun's high pitches are refreshing and Chanhyuk's rap is cool. Simply, the siblings' cover is beautiful.

RISE

“Taeyang is the type whose understanding of music and dance are really deep”- Yang Hyun Suk, YG Ent.’s chairman.

‘The sun’ is rising!

Taeyang means sun. Ever since the first time I’m into Big Bang, I think I knew why YG gave one of the members a stage name “Taeyang”. He is Korea’s best dancer and best R&B singer. And with that name--apart from Big Bang's albums, Taeyang has released 3 solo albums: Hot, Solar, and Rise (LOL, everything is about the sun). He dropped his latest album last night and I stuck listen to those songs on repeat. Waited for 4 years since his last solo album in 2010, the singer of "Only Look at Me" is back with stunning songs.

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