Good afternoon, Malaysia!
Today has been a wonderful day.
We got to do a little bit of shopping in the morning.
And we had this amazing banana leaf rice meal...
That my auntie cooked for all of us at home.
Oh my goodness.
The best banana leaf you gonna get in Malaysia. The best. So good.
Like we have gone out to eat banana leaf, but this is the best.
Like I cannot even handle how good it was. I over ate.
I feel so stuffed.
I should actually take a nap right now.
But I'm not going to because...
We got something special to go to.
That's why we all dressed up.
Stay tuned to find out.
Y'all's ready to go?
Y'all's comfy?
What's that?
Oh, you want the apples?
Okay. We'll open the apples, okay?
You ready to go, Zae Zae?
Apples.
Apples. Okay (x2). Apples (x2).
Okay, so last year the CELPAD division of IIUM
Which is the International Islamic University of Malaysia reached out...
And they said that they watched our videos and they love them.
Which was really cool to hear that they watched and they loved it.
But more than that, they said, "Hey, we want to teach you, Rachel, Malay".
"And we have this new program".
"You'll be the very first student".
And it's 12 weeks of learning the foundations of Malay.
And I said, "That sounds amazing. Sign me up".
So I did the 12 weeks last year.
And it really helped my Malay.
Still not perfect, but a lot better than it is.
So right now we are on our way to IIUM.
Some more. Oh, yeah? Apple. Oh, more apple? Okay.
We're on our way to IIUM to meet all the staff there.
And especially my teacher that was my teacher.
Look at that castle. Look at that.
You look beautiful.
Oh my goodness.
The beautiful campus.
So beautiful.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
Is it okay to take a video? Yes, sure. Okay.
If I made a mistake, just let me know. Okay.
Hi!
Welcome!
Hi! Hello! Hi!
We would like to thank Rachel and Logesh for accepting our invitation.
I think about 1 year ago.
We would like to invite Rachel to receive a token of appreciation from Mahallah Asma.
From Malay division.
Next, we will continue the ceremony with appreciation certificate giving from CELPAD.
For those who don't know, Mr. Zahriman is Rachel's teacher.
Her teacher, yeah
First and foremost, I would like to thank Rector Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli.
Thank you, Ms. Norma.
Thank you, Dr. Rosnani.
Thank you, Mr. Zahriman.
Thank you, CELPAD, IIUM.
And thank you to all who attended today.
Because Malaysia is my second home, my husband's homeland and my sons' origin.
Please allow me to read an excerpt of a song from a famous cartoon, Upin & Ipin.
I love to watch it with my boys.
Thank you, teacher.
Your services will always be remembered.
Never get tired of teaching us.
Thank you, teacher.
Hey, Rach.
Rach, where are the kids?
We don't know where are the kids.
We don't know where are they.
Gone. Nowhere.
Seriously.
Kids. Oh, I see in the far end there.
Did you see Zae Zae? Yeah, he's there.
He loves it. It's his favorite, nasi impit.
His favorite.
He loves nasi impit since forever. With peanut sauce.
His favorite since forever.
Nasi impit.
You want that one?
Okay (x2). Don't touch it, okay.
We'll serve you, okay, Zae Zae?
Guys, someone really special wants to see us.
Tan Sri.
Who is that?
That's a really important and famous man.
Come, let's go and see. I show you.
Let's go.
Zaden already requested to takeaway seri muka.
Zae Zae, they said okay. No problem.
Guys, my goodness.
I cannot imagine how beautiful this place is.
You guys have seen Harry Potter, Hogwarts?
This is like way more beautiful.
The Malaysian...
The Malaysian Hogwarts, right? Like so beautiful.
Kila is hired now because the kids now want her over us.
Yes!
How's the lift also so beautiful?
Hi! Am I in your vlog?
Yes.
Hi! Hi!
Rachel, how do you feel being in this very special room...
That most of the staff haven't even been in this room.
I was feeling fine until they told me that.
Now I feel so nervous. I know.
My heart is beating very fast.
So now we are waiting for Rector Tan Sri, right?
Emeritus? Emeritus. ...To meet him.
He's the reason Rachel...
You know, because of him watching our videos, he reached out to us.
So that, with the goal of Rachel learning Bahasa Melayu.
Rachel was saying, like Malaysians do things big here.
They go all out.
It's so official.
I don't know if something like this would ever happen in America.
There's very formal official plan. Yup, to get a certificate.
The whole thing was planned for Rachel to get her certificate.
Because she completed her lessons basically.
Hi, Tan Sri! Hi!
Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you, Tan Sri. Finally.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Oh my God! You look like a Malaysian.
Supposed to speak in Malay.
I can a little bit.
When did you arrived?
Second July
Please have your seat. Thank you (x2).
And that's your two...
Yes. Two... boys.
Hello!
Hello, can you shake my hand?
Can you shake?
Zae Zae, do it with proper. Right hand and shake nicely.
Shake nicely.
What's your name? Zaden. All right.
And what's your name?
Ky Ky. Kyren.
Wow! Look at that.
Wow!
Oh my goodness.
Zae Zae.
They packed nasi impit and seri muka for you, okay?
Are you happy?
Zae Zae, is that what you like?
Yeah!
Go get it. You can go, yeah.
What do you say?
Thank you.
Got more.
Say thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Zahriman. Thank you.
All right, thank you. Okay, thank you. Bye, everyone.
Bye. See you again.
How did you guys opened the bag of nasi impit and quietly eating by yourself?
Oh my gosh!
Hey, Ky Ky. I have to ask you a question.
So who opened the nasi impit?
Ky Ky.
Ky Ky opened it?
Yeah!
Did he share with you, Zae Zae?
I saw him giving you a piece.
Yeah. Okay.
Oh, he's giving you more.
Guys, that was a crazy experience.
I don't know what I expected.
That was way better than I thought it was going to be.
From all the kind speeches, to the gifts and the food. It was...
It blew my mind honestly.
And what was really the coolest was just how warm and friendly everyone was to us.
I felt like they were my friends, even though we just met.
It was really a nice experience.
I loved how much they encouraged me with my Bahasa Melayu.
And just filled me with this pride from Malaysia, my second home.
I just feel even more motivated now to learn Bahasa Melayu the best that I can.