On 9 June 1993, I was born
safely in Kotaanyar, a sub-district in Probolinggo, East Java. My parents,
Suradi and Minarsih named me with a beautiful name. It was “Ela Nurul
Qomariyah”. I grew in a happy family with my father as a teacher and my mother
as a union officer.
At the age of five, I was
diagnosed with typhus. My family was surprised as I was cheerful and
hyperactive child. But then, my grandmother decided to change my name to be “Laili
Nurilliya”. It was an ancient belief that a name could change one’s destiny.
