There are similarities and there are differences as well...basically both languages derives from the same root of language. Buts over time, slang and dialects were developed that made those two languages differ especially when you are speaking it..things like intonation, the choice and use of words. However putting those factors aside, I think both can understand each other on a certain level. Hope I've helped a bit.

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Basically it reads like this- Saya akan menulis kepada awak dalam bahasa melayu. Menarik, bukan? Apa yang awak buat beberapa hari yang lalu? Belajar? Atau masih risau atau tertekan pasal MSP tu? walau bagaimanapun saya ingin memberitahu yang awak mesti rasa gembira dengan apa saja yang awak lakukan. Awak seorang yang pandai berlawak, bijak dan cantik dengan cara awak yang tersendiri. Jangan biarkan sesuatu perkara membuatkan awak sedih. Awak mesti yakin pada diri awak dan yang paling penting awak mesti rasa gembira. Senyumlah seperti Nickhun selalu senyum, ya? Ceria lah ya. Oh! dan akhir sekali saya harapkan yang terbaik untuk awak dalam ujian awak dan segalanya yang awak buat.

"yang" in Malay is basically serves as that, which or the depending on the context of a sentence e.g. Yang mana satu? (which one?) Yang kusayang (the one that I love) Yang itu? (that one?) Hope this helps..:)

Actually the second one is correct but because a lot of people thinks that "there is" is always a substitute for there's, the tendency is to assume that it is correct. It is a common mistake.