Today, I packed my stuff. If the universe supports, I will move abroad this year. So, I thought about packing my closet, files and stuff. Thinking, so that later it happens, I won't be bothered. I started packing the suitcase containing the files. Second, the storage boxes. Then, what did I find?
I found many nametags when I attended or became an event committee. In fact, I also found an ID card when I was a journalist. Are you wondering and finding the name is different between the name on this account and the nametag? You don't need to be confused, Nurdiani Latifah and Nita Nurdiani are the same person.
Picture by Nurdiani Latifah
Nurdiani Latifah is my popular name, a long time ago when I liked to write fiction and send it to the media, I used this name. Meanwhile, Nita Nurdiani is my real name. So you don't need to worry if this is someone else's nametag. Back to the story about nametags.
When I moved to Jakarta, I once said that I would collect nametags that I got if I attended a big event or when I was a committee. As a sign, if I have contributed to the event. Or I attended to listen to a big event.
This nametag is mostly when I am a committee in an event, either national or international scale. I meet a lot of cool people. So, what do I do in the event? I manage the journalists as well as manage the news that is released from the event.
Thinking about the news every day, thinking about who the sources are during the press conference. The most important thing is to present journalists in the event. Contacting, sending invitation letters and sending releases and photos. Once I am on the event.
Picture by Nurdiani Latifah
I am happy to do that. But, on the one hand, I am stressed if the target journalists who come are very few. My relationship with journalists is questionable, especially as I am a former journalist. That's what makes me feel stressed and I need to rack my brain so that the event news can be published on the news website.
Will I throw this thing away? Yes, I will throw away this memory, right after posting this. Why not just keep it? I thought, I will move abroad to study, so I need to reduce my current belongings. So, when I leave, I will only bring the important things.
But, I will collect nametags again later. When I am abroad, continuing my studies. I have taken a picture of it and saved it on my gdrive. As a sign that I have done that phase. Considering that I have worked hard to accommodate and manage the news in the media about those agendas.
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My name is Nurdiani Latifah. I live in Jakarta – Indonesia, and after 25 years I live in Bandung. I am a media staff at an NGO in Indonesia. I have worked in this institution for almost 2 years on issues of women and peace. I have been a journalist in Bandung for 3 years.
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