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Nur Imroatun Sholihat

Your friend in learning IT audit Digital transformation advocate a-pat-on-your-shoulder storyteller

About me

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

Blog

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

HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN THE IT WORLD (PART 1)

Alternative title: How it feels like to be a woman in the male-dominated field :)
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Gender imbalance in tech is not taking place behind closed doors. Being a woman in IT terrain equally means you’re a minority. In reality, many things could make us be cut from the same cloth yet there are abundant aspects inevitably dividing us into groups, for instance: age, ethnicity, race, religion, nationality, etc. Hence, the majority-minority issue happens all the time to the point it became mundane and (perhaps) is tedious to be discussed anymore. But still, I want to talk about it since the experience provided me new outlooks and perspectives which are unseen from the outside.

THE LONELY SOULS

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“But if I can tell you one secret about her, she hates being alone. She felt lonely for most of the time--sometimes she came to me and did her things beside me just because she hates loneliness that much.” Her friend said.

Now he knows why she always slept on the couch when he came back home. Even when she never makes it clear, waiting for him, which she said was nothing, made her know she has someone to be with.

THE SECOND BITE OF THE CHERRY

(For bahasa version, please scroll down. | Untuk versi bahasa Indonesia terdapat di bawah.)
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I don't know how long I have been standing here, outside a restaurant somebody mentioned through a short message a week ago. I was excited waiting for this day until I am seeing this somebody is sitting calmly after washing his hands as if he will eat something soon. But that table is empty as if he’s waiting for someone to sit across him. And I perfectly know he’s waiting for me who unknowingly knocked by the reality I have denied for so long: I always miss him. It has been years since I waited for this opportunity but when it came in front of me, my knees trembled frantically.

I’M GOING TO CONFESS NOW

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I’m afraid whenever I want to confess
I will speak much less than what I’ve planned
So I only set my eyes straight to yours
Hoping you can swim across them to my brain
Will it is enough to replace all my voices?

STRONG ENOUGH

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Tonight, I’ll go back to Jakarta leaving the city I’ve been into for the last 2 years. When I went to perform subh prayer with Upi, we talked about this very last day we’ll stand in the same land. I said to her, “but it’s kinda surprising that we’re much stronger than we thought before, right?”

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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(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)

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