Maria’s launching of ‘Sesaat Kau Hadir’

Maria, Brunei’s local artist launched her latest album on 23th May 2009. Her launching ceremony took place at The Mall, from 8pm and lasted for around 2-3 hours. She is releasing her latest album called ‘Sesaat Kau Hadir’. The Mall was jam packed with people and I was there for some photo opportunity.

↑ This is how her album cover looked like.
I took photo of her album cover, cropped, adjusted the curve and reduced noise on it. Now this is great for her itunes’ album cover.

↑ A new band in Brunei

↑ The crystal ball was initially empty, Maria’s disc popped up to mark her official launch.

↑ The event’s opening is backed by dancers.

↑ Maria Aeris, widely known as just ‘Maria’

↑ Such success only at the age of 20 in the music industry in Brunei.

My sister told me that Maria was her classmate before.

↑ The MCs of the night with Maria. DJ Zura (on the left) owns her own blog,

↑ Crowds within The Mall, Gadong.

↑ There were interactions between Maria and the audience. Actually, it wasn’t his turn to dance yet…

↑ Nevertheless, he won Maria’s latest album, poster, and a bookmark as a prize.

↑ Maria

I heard of Maria since 2006. I was shopping in The Mall where Maria introduced her ‘N’Destine’ album and her voice can be heard within the The Mall. Her song, ‘Bisik Hati’ struck me and was the reason for her album purchase.  Until today, ‘Bisik Hati’ remains my favourite song of her.

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