Difficult Childhood, Nunung Reveals Having Been Caught Stealing in a Shop

Before her success, Nunung apparently experienced living in poverty. She and her family often had meals with only salted rice or grated coconut.

At that time, she started her career as a wandering singer before eventually joining the comedy group Srimulat.

At that time, Nunung was 8 years old and really wanted to eat coconut. Because she didn't have money, she dared to steal the fruit from the store. "I want a round fruit, like duku, coconut. It's like a cluster when it's coconut. I was told by my mother to go shopping at the store. Then I really wanted that coconut, oh Allah. I want to eat coconut, how can I do it?" Nunung recalled.

However, her plan didn't go well. Because the fruit was put into her pants, the ants inside the fruit came out and bit Nunung's body, making her itchy. "Finally, I took one cluster and put it in my pants. Why is it so itchy? All the ants came out," she added.

"I scratched and the ants went everywhere. The fruit became all scattered. Then I was scolded by the mothers, 'Why did you do that? You can't do that, if you want something, you should say it like this, like this, like this...,'" she added.

From that moment on, Nunung realized that the owner of the shop was aware that she often stole items from her shop. "So the one who sells it is used to the child's habit." Oh, that means I often take the items for sale, they only feel sorry for me. Actually, I often take packages like candies and such," she concluded.