PETALING JAYA: An English teacher from Betong is elated that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah helped name her future child.
Naldiana Umping managed to pass a note with several choices of names for either a boy or a girl to the King when the "Kembara Kenali Borneo" convoy pulled over at the Simpang Layar Petronas petrol station to refuel on Tuesday (Sept 12).
She added that she did not get to see the King and did not expect to hear from him.
"I didn't get a chance to talk to them since it was so crowded," The Borneo Post reported.
However, 30 minutes later, Naldiana spotted an Instagram Story by the Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah.
She was overjoyed when she found it was the note she had given the King and he had picked the name Nichella Inez Starla if her child was a girl and Syderek Neville if he was a boy.
Naldiana, who teaches at SK Ng Ajau, a stone's throw away from where the royal family had arrived, took a screenshot of Tengku Hassanal's post, printed it out and framed it.
Naldina and her husband Sonny have been married for three years and are hopeful they will be able to conceive their first child next year.
Images of the King's choice of name and Naldina's framed screenshot of the post were widely shared on social media.
