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Nur Imroatun Sholihat

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

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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 managing 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!

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30 FUN FACTS ABOUT ME

Saw some bloggers shared their fun facts and I got inspired to do the same. I hope you can understand me better by knowing these fun facts about me. Which of these facts do you already know? :)

1. Born and raised in Purworejo, Central Java. However, I had lived in Jakarta during the first half of my elementary school days. 

2. Speak Javanese (all levels: ngoko, krama madya, krama alus--thank my mom that insisted I should be able to speak all of them), intermediate Sundanese (my neighbor taught me indirectly), Indonesian, English, and basic Spanish (blame Barca and Neruda :p). I am also a long-time learner of Al Quran's and Al Hadith's translation so I know a bit of Arabic, especially those which are mentioned in those books. 

3. Journaling since the first grade of junior high school. I have a habit of writing down my feelings and random thoughts (which make me surprised when I reread them). 

4. The very first money I got from writing in a magazine is IDR 25.000 and I remember my dad asked me: "Kenopo seneng banget toh im entuk selawe ewu?" ("Why are you that happy, im, to get IDR 25.000?")

5. Easily cry. Indeed a certified melancholic person. I could shed tears without a certain reason T.T

6. Been years into practicing guitar yet forever at the beginner level. How to make the proper Bm sound tho'? :p

7. Was actually a quiet, shy person who tried hard to change herself to be more confident. You may not believe it but I am an introverted person (I know you are gonna disagree but let me repeat it for the 784644 times :p)

8. Love jajanan pasar (klepon, kue putu, kue pukis, you name it) soooo much

9. My childhood dream is to be a lecturer.

10. Spent my childhood fishing, playing kite, hide and seek, jump rope, egrang, gobak sodor, and any other traditional games in my village.

11. Can't drink coffee at all. I can drink tea but prefer plain water.

14. Some of my favorite poets are Jalaluddin Rumi, Pablo Neruda, and Sapardi Djoko Damono. I had a habit of reading one by one fiction books from my schools' libraries until I finished them all, except the ones I wasn't interested in. 

15. I also enjoy reading East Asia's novels. Some of my favorites are Silent Separation (Gu Man) and I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Yuro Sumino) :)

16. I haven't watched that many dramas but with my limited exposure, my favorite K-drama is Reply 1988, J-drama is One Litre of Tears, and C-drama is Some Day or One Day

17. I feel everything deeply--which serves as both strength and weakness for me.

18. While I love writing with my heart and soul, I hope it will never be my job. (It is the answer to the frequently asked question: "Since you love writing so much, why don't you be a full-time writer?". On the contrary, because I love it so much, I want to do it pressure-free.)

19. My childhood memories also consist of the period where my mom didn't let me watch TV. She encouraged me to play outside the house instead. That is why I am not familiar with Doraemon's stories and any other cartoons'.

20. My dream house is a beach house, where the back door connects me with the seashore. It is indeed therapeutic.

21. If I had to choose, my favorite color is navy blue, although I like almost all colors equally.

22. The thing I find most attractive in a person is their eyes. Personality-wise, it is the beautiful balance of patient and passionate attitude.

23. I feel comforted to smell petrichor and soft morning dew. To calm my mind, I sometimes perform meditation.

24. Jennie of Blackpink had ever been asked about what action a man does that makes her heart flutter. I know my answer is not important (since nobody is curious about it) but same as Jennie, I like when someone remembers something I mentioned in the past and does it for me. In addition, I do highly appreciate chivalrous behaviors, even better when they are performed subtly as if they are genuine habits of the doer. 

25. My favorite subjects at school were biology, history, and PE.

26. I couldn't watch any scary movie. 

27. Realizing I am easily affected emotionally, I am learning to be a stoic. A long way to go :)

28. Now when I think about it, I have a habit of giving in and putting other people first. Back in junior high school, when participating in the regional's scout jamboree, I slept in the kitchen tent so my team didn't jostle against each other while sleeping in the main tent. I also let my friends had the room I've reserved the night before STAN's entrance exam and I slept in a mosque instead.

29. The issues I wish I talked more about: mental health and equality in quality education.

30. Some of my comfort songs are Coldplay's Fix You, The Carpenter's Yesterday Once More, Lee Juck's Don't Worry Dear, Leehi's Breathe, Jung Eunji's Hopefully Sky, and Mao Buyi's Perfect Day. I don't listen to many Indonesian musicians but if I have to mention one that I really like, it's gonna be KLa Project. Their songs comfort me from time to time.


So what are your fun facts, pals? :)


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SONDER

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Sonder /noun/ The realization that everyone, including each random passerby, is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.

 

Bagian 1: Setiap Manusia Memiliki Cerita


Semalam, saya merampungkan bahan papar untuk sharing session "How to Write with Data" yang akan diselenggarakan oleh MoF-DAC Rabu ini. Ketika menyusun kerangka materi yang ingin disampaikan, saya teringat sebuah kata indah dalam bahasa Inggris: “sonder”. Setiap manusia di muka bumi, termasuk yang tidak kita kenali, memiliki kehidupan yang sama pekat dan kompleksnya dengan kehidupan kita. Kita mungkin hanya orang asing bagi orang lain dan sebaliknya tetapi masing-masing insan punya cerita yang dramatis, puitis, mengiris, dan manis--hanya saja berbeda alurnya.


Cerita malam lalu adalah tentang kebimbangan bisakah saya menyampaikan materi yang bagus sementara saya tidak lebih banyak bersentuhan dengan data seperti anak-anak MoF-DAC lainnya. Betul saya diberi kesempatan ini karena pengalaman saya di dunia menulis tetapi tetap saja ada ragu yang membelenggu. Orang-orang yang mengenal saya barangkali berpikir kepercayaan diri adalah bagian yang manunggal dalam diri manusia satu ini tetapi sebenarnya ada cerita yang tidak pernah terungkap tentang hal-hal sebaliknya.

 

Begitu juga ketika saya menatap orang lain. Saya menjadi tersadar sepenuhnya bahwa terdapat kisah mereka yang tidak tersampaikan kepada dunia. Kurir yang mengantar paket saya, apa kabar hari ini? Penjual makanan langganan saya, ada cerita apa di balik sorot matanya? Tukang parkir yang berpanas-panasan siang ini saat saya melintas membeli makan, bagaimana perasaannya hari ini? Seseorang yang tersenyum ketika berpapasan dengan saya, apakah dia benar sedang baik-baik saja? Seseorang yang tidak saya kenali di belahan bumi lain, apa sesuatu tentangnya yang ia berharap orang-orang sekitarnya mengetahui?

 

Konflik apa yang mereka hadapi? Kebahagiaan apa yang membuat hati mereka tersenyum? Apa yang membuat mata mereka terlapisi air mata? Apa yang akhir-akhir ini membuat mereka tertawa? Saya tidak tahu jawabannya. Akan tetapi, saya jadi mengerti bahwa ada kisah yang bisa diceritakan oleh tiap-tiap orang. Begitu juga dengan data. Ada cerita di dalam serangkaian data. Ada deretan kata yang tersembunyi di balik angka-angka.

 

Bagian 2: Tentang Cerita yang Tinggal Di Pikiran Selamanya


Masih ingat cerita-cerita yang begitu lekat di pikiran? Cerita tersebut bisa membawa kita pergi jauh ke dimensi waktu dan tempat yang sebelumnya tidak ada di memori. Ya. Kita semua memiliki buku, film, dongeng masa kecil, atau kisah pribadi yang bisa kita ceritakan ulang dengan lancar meski sudah bertahun-tahun lalu membaca/menonton/mendengarkan/mengalaminya. Itulah keajaiban sebuah cerita. Keajaiban serupa ingin diadopsi di dunia data: menggugah rasa, menggetarkan pikiran, menggerakkan jiwa, dan mengendap di ingatan.

 

Ketika menyaksikan karya yang bisa merenggut batin dan pikiran, saya berharap bisa menjadi penulis yang demikian. Sebut saja Lee Woo Jung yang begitu apik menggubah hal-hal sederhana menjadi menawan. Cerita yang ditulisnya selalu hangat, lekat dengan kehidupan sehari-hari, menyentuh dinding jiwa, dan muncul begitu saja ketika saya memikirkan karya yang bagus. Dia adalah storyteller yang kemampuan menulisnya ingin saya curi.

 

Atau Yuro Sumino dengan “I Want to Eat Your Pankreas”-nya yang dengan begitu kreatif membuat saya penasaran membaca lalu tenggelam dalam dan menjadi seseorang yang tanpa sadar menghafal isi bukunya. Detail emosi dalam novel itu masih bisa saya rasakan ketika judulnya tiba-tiba melintas di kepala. Dia adalah penulis yang membuat saya kesal mengapa tidak menulis lebih banyak buku agar ada lebih banyak yang bisa saya baca.

 

Baik menyajikan kisah yang sederhana seperti Lee Wong Jung maupun kisah yang dramatis seperti Yuro Sumino, semua cerita punya tempat. Asal kita bisa menarasikannya dengan baik, semua cerita ternyata menarik. Sonder menyadarkan saya bahwa setiap orang memiliki kisah yang menarik asal bisa dinarasikan dengan tepat. Sonder juga menyadarkan saya bahwa setiap data memiliki kisah yang menawan asal bisa disampaikan dengan apik.

 

Di dunia data, saya berharap data bisa disajikan seperti cerita-cerita yang begitu lekat kepala itu.

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Oh ya, mari bertemu Rabu ini bersama saya dan Mas Sindhu untuk membahas data storytelling :)

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SAWANG SINAWANG

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Dalam bahasa Jawa, terdapat falsafah sawang-sinawang. Sejatine urip mung sawang sinawang, mula aja mung nyawang sing kesawang. (Sesungguhnya hidup hanyalah saling memandang, maka jangan hanya memandang yang terlihat)

 

Kemarin, tiba-tiba saya teringat salah satu novel Tiongkok yang saya suka berjudul “Silent Separation” karya Gu Man. Selaiknya novel lain, novel ini juga “menyibukkan” kita dengan samudra perasaan dan setumpuk kejadian yang dialami tokoh utama. Uniknya, novel ini memberikan epilog berupa penyajian cerita dari perspektif tokoh lain—sesuatu yang membuat saya termenung kala membacanya. Pemikiran yang berkelebat kala itu: seandainya kita mengetahui persis kisah dari sudut pandang lain, perasaan hati yang lain, gejolak pemikiran orang lain, apa yang harus dilalui jiwa lain—masihkah kita berpikir yang sama?

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH INSECURITIES?

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Yesterday, I texted my close friend a rather serious question which was unusual in the middle of our daily chatter. Seemingly out of blue, I said, “How do you deal with insecurities?”. Actually, it sounded random but deep down I knew she knew something I’m familiar with (once again) happened to me. I put my phone down for a while, expected her to write a long piece of advice about either growing better or accepting myself the way I am. However, what I heard later made my heart frantically trembling. Coming from a place where she completely understood where my insecurities began, she answered: Regarding it, I see it from a different perspective. It’s not that you need to work harder. Instead, I saw you worked too hard on it to the point it hurts me to see you being neglected and undervalued.


As a long-time friend who closely saw me several times being taken for granted yet always do a self-blaming action, she said that I need to stop being too harsh on myself. That what I did is more than enough. That I am too invested in something until I can’t see everything around it clearly anymore. That I need to stop being emotionally attached to it when all I got is being belittled. That I need to know when to stop and walk away from something that doesn’t make me happy. 

 

That I need to love myself more to choose a place where my effort is properly cherished.

 

As if time stopped, my mind went blank. A realization hit me right in the center of my heart. I expected her to say “Be patient,” or “It’s okay,” but all I got is an understanding that all this time, I treated myself badly. Here and there, I didn’t stop when I was underappreciated. Instead, I accused myself that I showed poor performance, didn’t deserved better, or hadn’t worked hard enough. From time to time, I am left behind feeling insecure about myself: maybe I am not good enough, maybe I am not perceived as someone capable, maybe I need to work harder so my effort could be recognized, maybe I am just an insignificant supporting role, maybe I am just being too demanding about respectfulness, and so on.

 

“It’s like when someone cheats on us then we blame ourselves and insist that something must be wrong with us. Even though it’s definitely the other party’s mistake, we keep blaming ourselves that we must be greatly lacking in something that someone cheats on us,” She added an analogy to this particular case. 

 

It’s true that I always blame myself when something goes off even after I’ve put all my effort and mind into it. I never realized that it’s not that I haven’t worked hard enough so people couldn’t appreciate me. It’s just easy-peasy to get me to work on something so people think there is not much going behind the work. It’s just the work done by me seems unimportant and uncomplicated so it naturally is taken for granted. It’s just I always earnestly do something as if I just automatically work so people think there is no need to be thankful for it. It’s just I am seen as someone who doesn’t demand anything so they would provide me nothing, even just an appreciation.

 

When we feel insecure, most of the time, it’s not that we are substantially deficient. Almost all insecurities come from us who couldn’t love ourselves generously. Often they come from our poor understanding of our value and life itself. That in life, nobody has everything to feel perfectly secure so why don’t we embrace our weaknesses and flaws. That in life, some people and things simply aren’t for you, so why don’t you move away?

 

Simply said, how do you deal with insecurities? Love yourself more, dear. Love yourself more. 


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P.S.:

1. First thing first, to avoid any misunderstanding, it's not about my office's teammates. You all know how much I love and adore my teammates. Besides, I don't feel like writing anything that is not favorable regarding my office because generally I love it and I am not that kind of person too.

2. One day, my friend and I ever discussed how emotionally invested we are in people and things we love. Sometimes it hurts us to see what we get in return *sobs

3. While I usually kept my emotions behind closed doors, I realized to achieve this blog's objective to provide consolation for me and hopefully for the readers too, I need to be honest about my feelings first and don't mind being exposed as a vulnerable human being. The truth is, I don't mind being seen as a vulnerable weakling. This is why my recent posts contain raw emotions :)

4. Today, I can finally say that I am no longer so emotionally attached to the particular things that were so dear to my heart. I feel better :)

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