Nidi's online diary.: Juni 2015

In soul journey,

A hybrid

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, by Khoirunnida

In soul journey,

I miss the old you

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, by Khoirunnida

Akhir-akhir ini banyak foto seorang kakek yang bekerja sebagai badut berkeliaran di timeline Facebook gue. Ada dua berita mengenai hal ini, yaitu: how we should help him, and the fact that he actually is rich but pretending to be poor.

Well, khoirun tidak akan membahas mana berita yang benar. Selain karena emang gue gatau how to prove the right news, that doesn’t count as my concern sebenarnya.

I just want to talk about the people we didn’t know before.

Alasan gue nulis opini ini sebenarnya simple, Gue itu soft-hearted-nya terlalu berlebihan. You know, gue bisa langsung nangis ngeliat anak kecil di jalanan yang dekil, bahkan gue bisa kepikiran sampe seterusnya dan seterusnya.

The people I didn’t know before can actually affect me much, emotionally.

Tadi, gue ketemu sama anak kecil di daerah cempaka putih. Gue lagi mau beli makanan buat buka puasa, pulang kerja praktik. Dan pas gue liat anak kecil yang polos duduk di pinggir jalan dengan bawa karung untuk mengumpulkan sampah, disitulah gue merasa gagal sebagai manusia.

How can I be this selfish? Gimana ceritanya khoirun bisa senang dengan prestasi yang didapat kalo masih aja ada anak kecil yang gak sekolah? Gimana bisa lo bahagia kerja praktik dengan upah fancy tiap harinya kalo di luar sana aja orang banyak yang gak bisa makan?

Okay, back to the topic.

Fenomena munculnya foto-foto orang tua yang sedang berjualan di Facebook lagi marak-maraknya, ya.. Banyak caption yang bilang bahwa kita harus bantuin mereka. Walaupun pada saat kita gak butuh barang dagangan mereka, harusnya kita beli aja… They need it like seriously. Tapi, ada juga yang bilang kalo kita seharusnya nggak membiasakan hal itu ke orang-orang tersebut, nanti mereka jadi punya mindset meminta-minta dibalik dagang.

Well, here is my opinion about that:

(PS I am not gonna attach any quran verse nor hadith because I have no enough ilm to do so. I am afraid if I attach one that I know, the interpretation is different)

We really should help them! It’s our obligation to help others who need, right? They do even work to have money. We just really gotta appreciate them by giving some of our earning, and it’s not a big amount okay. Seberapa susah sih kita bantu beli barang yang mereka jual? Tambahin seribu dua ribu dikiiit aja gapapa, kan? Atau kalo gak mau nambahin, ya beli sesuai harganya juga gapapa banget itu juga udah ngebantu..

Imagine you have a dad or mom struggling like that. Imagine how FANCY your life has become, how you eat good foods, buy good things, etc. Imagine how they don’t even have good money to EAT, to pay their children’s school fees.

You…. You really need to use your heart. That’s all.

Ada beberapa issue mengenai hal ini, sih, diantaranya:

“Buang-buang duit kali belanja hal yang sebenarnya nggak kita mau”

In my honest opinion, it’s not a waste of anything to buy goods from them. Apaan sih yang mereka jual? Mobil? Rumah? Kan enggak.. Mereka paling jualannya sayur, tissue, makanan ringan, es, dan hal sejenis. And you just need to spend some money that you think appropriate for your own good and theirs. Kalo misalkan lo mahasiswa, dan ada kakek-kakek yang jualan lemari keliling terus lo mau bantu tapi gak punya duit, well lo gak harus ngorbanin uang kuliah lo, kok. Lo hanya perlu sedekah aja kalo situasinya seperti itu. Disamping itu, sebenarnya lo tetap bisa memanfaatkan barang yang lo beli untuk kebutuhan lo sehari-hari. Mungkin bukan saat itu, but tomorrow you may need it.

Guys, kalo itung-itungan mulu buat bantuin orang mah syusyah atuh.

“Mindset mereka entar berubah jadi pengemis dibalik dagangannya”

Gini, lo gak tiap hari ketemu mereka, kan? Kalo enggak, ya bantu beli aja atuh, kalo bisa tambahin dikit... Toh besok juga belom tentu lo ketemu. Kalo lo ketemu tiap hari, ya udah belinya sesuai harga aja. Atau gausah tiap hari, 2 hari sekali. Dan berdoa biar ada orang lain yang beli dagangan Bapak itu juga. Insya Allah, jika kita niatnya baik dan berdoa agar si pedagang tidak dibelokkan niatnya, Allah pasti tetap ngejaga niat si pedagang untuk jualan aja, kok.

Ohya guys, don’t forget that they also have a chance to be beggar, but they choose not to be.

“Kebanyakan yang kayak gitu, gue gak sanggup”

I don’t even ask you to buy goods from them all. BHAY.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Deal?

Ada beberapa tips dari gue mengenai hal ini juga. Here they are:

First, hal yang harus kita lakukan ketika ada orang yang ngeshare foto-foto tersebut adalah jangan judgemental! Please deh buang tuh jauh-jauh pikiran negative kita yang mikir “ah dia ngeshare ginian mau disebut hero apa gimana ya”. Atau bahkan, do not let our mind to think that the status doesn’t affect anything and the post’s author is just wasting his/her time. Kita nggak tau kan, diluar sana ada orang yang terketuk hatinya untuk ngebantu saat baca post itu. T Yup, Usahakanlah untuk beripikir positif, orang yang negshare foto tersebut bertujuan baik, lho. Agar kamu punya jalan untuk bantuin orang lain, dan orang lain dapat terbantu. hose oldies on the photos are the people We didn't know, right? Setelah tau, yaa jadinya kan bisa ngebuka pikiran kita gitu kan. Okay?

Second, Crosscheck sebisa mungkin. Ya mungkin saja berita tersebut salah dan jadi mencemarkan nama baik orang yang difoto. Tapi entah kenapa, sejauh ini gue selalu share aja karena yaa… takutnya jadi keribetan crosscheck sampai lupa bantuin orang. Tapi jika teman-teman tidak pelupa seperti gue, bisa lah message si yang punya FB. Atau kalo mau cepat, baca komentar-komentar di foto tersebut saja, biasanya ada perkataan orang lain yang menunjukkan kalo itu benar ataupun salah.

Third, Just do it!

Ini yang paling penting, guys. Lurusin niat, ayo kita kurangi belanja belanji di supermarket. Belanjanya di pasar biasa aja, itung-itung ngebantu rakyat kalangan bawah, kan. Ekonomi kerakyatan, niy. Bahkan ekonomi syariah ngajarin untuk begini, kan. Hihihi.

Ohya, ada fulanah yang punya trik untuk punya “tabungan akhirat”. So, misalkan uang jajan dia sehari 30ribu. Nah dia punya 10 ribu di dompetnya yang bentuknya pecahan seribuan untuk kemudian digunakan jika ketemu orang-orang yang membutuhkan. Masa buat nikah aja lo nabung, buat akhirat engga. Capek, deh………………

The number doesn’t matter, niat dan kontinuitasnya yang penting, okay!

Terus kalo kamu mau ngeshare foto pedagang itu ke social media, menurut gue sih gapapa. Bantu promote dagangan mereka, kan? The power of social media marketing gitu, loh!

Last words,

When you spend money to help those who need, remember this thing:
you help them for worldly (living) matter. While they, the people We didn’t know before, actually are the one who help you for akhirat matter.

Dari Abu Hurairah, Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ يَسَّرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَاْلآخِرَةِ…“Barangsiapa menghilangkan satu kesusahan dunia dari seorang mukmin, Allah akan menghilangkan darinya satu kesusahan di hari Kiamat. Dan barangsiapa yang memudahkan kesulitan orang yang dililit hutang, Allah akan memudahkan atasnya di dunia dan akhirat ” (HR. Muslim no. 2699).

XoXo,

Nido yang lagi iseng

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In internship programs,

Cerita Magang Nido Vol 2.0: Beloved A!

Hi, everyone.

I wanna share my story about me and this A.

Do you want to know what this A is for me? Sok atuh nanya sama teman kampus gue, mereka pasti tau banget lah A ini siapa.

Yup, gue udah suka sama A sejak gue masih jadi fresh-man di kampus, which is 3 years ago. Pertama kali gue tau A itu dari siapa ya, gue juga lupa. Pokoknya sejak saat itu gue tau banget kalo A merupakan salah satu dream company-nya anak SIstem Informasi di Universitas Indonesia. Well, selain emang ini perusahaan bergerak di bidang IT consulting, banyak hal prestige lainnya, seperti:

· Kalo mau masuk A, minimal IPK-nya 3.5, jadi terkesan pintar aja gitu haha
It is a multinational company and almost every B2B people know its bright side
· Gajinya besar. Well, mengenai hal ini nyokap selalu bilang gaji Pemda DKI Jakarta jauh lebih besar dan Khoirunnida seharusnya kerja di Pemda aja hahahaha.
Environment-nya okay banget for you to gain much knoIwledge and shine bright like a diamond

Jadi, apakah itu alasan seorang Khoirun suka banget sama si A?

Beberapa iya, beberapa enggak. I admit I need money to support my own living, but I really am not a money-oriented girl. I believe there is something more valuable than money that I wish I have a ton of it:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E!

I crave for knowledge in the expertise I am interested into. Like, that much.

Nah, about the reason why I like A, read my answer in the interview process with A below:

I love business and IT consulting world. Because it’s really dynamic and challenging. It requires not only your technical skill, but also critical thinking, problem solving and communication skill as well. Being a part of A is one of my life’s checkpoint. A is known as strong consulting company that have bright reputation in giving solution towards other companies. Since A is one of the biggest multi-national company for consulting, I really believe I can gain much knowledge in A by being involved in projects from many industries. Plus, it will always force you to know the latest technology, news, trends, or even innovations.

And not only just falling in love, I also am working to be a part of it. You can see my passion in this consulting world by looking at my past experiences. I was the first PIC of Business IT-Case Competition. I have been joining into some business case competitions and I won one of them, finally. So yeah, that’s my short explanation why I am interested in joining internship programme in A.

Guys, don’t believe it. I didn’t answer the interviewee’s question as good as it kok, hahaha.

Pergalauan batin

Akhirnya, semester 6 tiba. Orang-orang udah tau mau KP dimana, bahkan udah ada beberapa yang dapat KP. Gue belum daftar ke perusahaan manapun sampai maret, tau kenapa? Karena gue galau. First, I really wanna be a part of A. But my other side said no. It was like me battling against my self.

The reason why I didn’t want to apply is because, I was afraid I was going to be accepted! SUCH AS CRAZY CONFIDENCE, HA!

While my friends were afraid nggak dapet, gue malah takut dapet. Kenapa takut dapet? Karena gue takut terlanjur nyebur ke dunia luar yang aduhai aduh asiknya hahaha.

Nah, tapi, the crazy side of mine malah mau banget gue apply. Karena jika gue intern di A, gue udah nggak penasaran lagi dan bisa melupakan keinginan gue yang mau jadi consultant terus-terusan. Beside, as I said before, being a part of A is really one of my life’s check point. So, I gotta challenge my self and prove that I can be a part of A while still being me.

Finally, on April 13 2015, Khoirunnida applied for the internship program.
(Parah deadliner banget kan)

Setelah nunggu sebulan, Khoirun galau juga kan kalo gaketerima KP dimana. Akhirnya daftar 3 perusahaan. yaitu:

A+; Sebuah perusahaan yang sangat menggiurkan karena oke banget plus banyak kajian sunnah nya disana! Interesting banget ga sih bayangin abis kerja terus ngaji aw aw
Skha Consulting
VA2

Udah itu doang. Tapi entah kenapa, dalam hati gue selalu yakin bahwa gue bakalan KP di A. Hahahaha. SUCH AS CRAZY CONFIDENCE, HA!

Recruitment Process

First, sepengetahuan gue, internship program di A itu gak dipromosikan secara umum gitu. I didn’t even know about it. Tapi, karena gue anak AFTLP (leadership program dari A), ya gue tau kan alamat email HR-nya, akhirnya gue apply deh. Gak cuma gue atau anak non-AFTLP kok yang apply, yang lain juga banyak.

So, gue dikasih tau tahapan proses pendaftaran intern di A itu sama seorang sohib gue di kampus, sebut saja namanya Rudal. There are 3 steps of this recruitment process

Document Selection
Phone Interview with HR
Phone Interview with Project Manager

So, here is my story.

Document Selection

Disini yang dibutuhkan Cuma CV, Transkrip, dan dokumen penting lainnya yang menurut lo harus banget ditunjukkin. Karena gue mah apa atuh butiran debu, gue kirimnya hanya one-page resume dan transkip nilai gue. As I said earlier, A itu terkenal dengan hanya nerima orang-orang yang IPK nya 3.5.

Dan lo tau berapa IPK gue kemarin saat gue daftar?
FAR AWAY FROM 3.5 asal tau aja. Like, far away.
But that doesn’t stop me from applying there, because I believe I have so many things beyond it that can please A. SUCH AS CRAZY CONFIDENCE, HA!

Phone Interview with HR

Setelah 2 minggu apply via email, gue ditelepon juga sama mbak HR-nya. Gue inget banget tuh, di teleponnya pada saat gue lagi kelas EAI di lab ngoding web service, pas ngeliat nomor kantor gitu…. Gue deg-degan. Akhirnya gue keluar dan angkat teleponnya. Well, it was coming from A!!

Terus mbak HR nya nanya gue mau diinterview kapan, dan begonya gue langsung bilang saat itu juga bisa. Yak, warbiyasa sekali odongnya Khoirunnida yang preparation-less itu.

Ada beberapa pertanyaan yang ditanyain, yaitu:

About my self
Our knowledge about A
Reason to apply
Our life’s projection from now on until 5 years later
Interested industries

And I did answer it with……………….. much stupidity. Very much that I couldn’t bear, so I ended up holding my tears and telling everyone that I failed.

I was at the low point of life and I just need your arms as my home #BHAY

Akhirnya mencoba let it go, tapi Khoirunnida nggak let it go let it go.

Sampai suatu ketika, nomor kantor A telepon gue lagi!

Waktu itu lagi ngoding propensi di perpus fasilkom, langsung keluar, kegirangan. Eh ternyata di interview lagi, tapi yang bikin gue gagal paham adalah……. Pertanyaannya sama kayak interview sebelumnya!

Kayaknya mbak HR-nya lupa deh pernah nelepon gue, akhirnya gue jawab aja deeh.

And all I can say is, I did answer it as Nida. And I pretty much relieved.

Interview with Project Manager

One fine day, I got an email from A telling me to have a project interview with related PM.

Yang membuat ini beda adalah………. I would have a face-to-face interview! Padahal teman-teman gue yang udah diterima, interviewnya by phone semua.

Disitu saya deg-degan. Jeng jeng.

I had two worries:

GPA gue jelek dan gue harus bawa transkrip untuk kasih ke PM
Gue takut banget project yang ditawarin itu banking! GOSH. It againsts my belief banget kan. That…. Kinda matters, you know. Well, if I would fail, I had nothing to lose since it’s due to my belief J

Akhirnya, One fine day setelah selesai kuis EAI, Khoirun datang ke kantor A di daerah Sudirman. Then, had an interview with PM.

Bapak PMnya udah tua gitu, dia baik banget! HYU! Interview gue be like:

· Kamu tau apa tentang A?
· Tau SAP?

Udah ditanyain itu doang, parah. Dan beliau cerita kalo proyeknya tentang ERP sebuah manufaktur di daerah Sunter.

Plus, he gave me some motivations:

I want you to level up your GPA, ok. I am not saying it’s bad, but it’s better if it’s leveled up. Well, you can join us later when you graduate, but make sure your GPA is improved. Oh ya, I am not having any problem with you being into my project. So yeah, HR will inform you really soon.

Allahuakbar. Allahuakbar. Allahuakbar.

First, my GPA doesn’t affect much for him.

Second, since the project is about ERP, nggak bakalan banking industry! Mana ada banking industry implementasi ERP? :p

Alhamdulillah, seneng banget khoirun pulang-pulang.

And yep,

On May 2015, I finally got an intern job in my dream company.

The other thing to be grateful for is, H-2 gue perdana kerja, gue tau proyek gue itu adalah miliknya si A+, sebuah perusahaan yang membuat gue galau juga.

Another one point of life: checked! I can’t say nothing but Alhamdulillah, it’s been His destiny from the very first beginning.
I finally got an internship program in my dream company, with a project in my other dream company, while being me.

Alhamdulillah!

But yap, another thing to overcome:

How to maximize this Ramadhan in worshipping Allah Jalla Jalaluhu while working in a what-so-called-as capitalism company hahaha.

Catch you soon with another story with the same subject, me.
There will be cerita magang nido vol 2.1 hahahah.

Luv,

Khoirun yang kerjaannya udah kelar dari siang

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In life and dreams,

Dear June

Dear June,

Rain is always more beautiful on you. It somehow brings up that kind of feeling, again.

This day, I went around and around, wondering if something really wonderful would happen with you. I am a desperate romantic, June. I love the idea of random collisions of heart. I want a sudden meeting rather than the conventional way. I want to feel the magic, the spark, the pulse-racing, the heart-wrenching, the feeling that my friends have. It has been always rendering me almost insane, the kind I couldn't give into easily because it already hurt like hell, before it is even lift off.

I went to that effing book store, June. I went there. I wished I could find that little box I had packed away before, but I could not. I stayed there for hours, June. I know I am pathetic. And I admit it. I effing admit it.

But, June, my friends came to the book store to meet me. And I finally forgot to look for that little box. Later on, my mom picked me up and we had a dinner together.

And there, June, I realized that I was genuinely happy with them.

That I have so many people to love, to give, to share my happiness and sadness with, until I forget that I kinda need that little box.

June, it is all over now. All the effing drama in my head will be lapse and become silly thing I've gone through when I was young and stupid. All the hurt and confusion will fade into blackness of a memory.

Dear, June, I promise I will never ever wander in that bookstore again just to find that little box. I believe I will find a genuine little box in some place. Because me and that genuine little box can not be separated, like a breeze and wind.

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HURRAY!
Finish with the short story above,
Let's go into another part!

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Alhamdulillaah. Alhamdulillaah. Alhamdulillaah. Allah has destined us to meet for the 21st time.

It is been nice, always nice.

Since I learnt not to make you any special than other day, I promised to make you ordinary.

You must understand, right?

I do it for the sake of Him.

But, there is something special about you this year, June.

Allah understands.

Our meeting frequency now is the same like my mother when she got married with my dad.

You know what, June, it is cool and scary at the same time!

It is cool because I could be just got married with someone in this year. YES, I finally will have a reason to buy NYX soft matte lip cream shades Morocco! And don't forget to mention all the MAKE UP FOREVER products. You know what, June, it is so sad seeing my friends do make up in front of me (true story). I finally have someone to teach me how to drive safely. Or to have a kya-kya partner in memorizing qur'an, go to majelis ilm together, and another sugar things.

But, June, it is also scary because I effing have no idea about marriage things. I am just a mess. I can not cook. I barely know how to bake. Is there any man that want to have cupcake as a primary food? Plus, It might be really hard for me to just be in house. Sorry to say but I still want to be #SWAG: Single Woles Anti Galau. Living with someone I haven't lived for a second sounds scary, you know.

And guess what, June, it is really cool because I am now one step closer to graduate from my college!

I wanna study abroad! To Australia, UK, USA, Canada, or whatever country you name!

I wanna gain much knowledge there and be a good moslemah agent. I wanna join conferences, being a lecture then, having my own class, publish my journals internationally.

Yup, I wanna make my family proud of me. I wanna be the 1st one to study abroad (from my mom's family. Well, my uncle from dad studied in Dutch).

But guess what, it is also scary, June. Because I am now one step closer to the real life.

How if I will change? How if I will be just another woman on earth who forgets Allah? How if I don't want to wear hijaab anymore because I feel intimidated outside? How if my ideology will be lapse?

Ah, June, so many things will be challenging for me. I only can dream and plan, but the one who destines my path is Allaah.

Dear June, I pray to Allah that when I meet you next time, insya Allah, I will always be the better and better Nida :)

XOXO,

21st year-old girl!

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