Snowhite is a Chinese brand in terms of Writing Instruments and I have a whole range of their products that I am going to showcase in my videos. Let me know your views on the same and if you are interested in buying them as well. They are available at Ali Express. Snowhite FP08 is similar to Pilot Kakuno fountain pens and writes really well. Thanks, Aashish
Snowhite is one of the writing instrument manufacturers in China. They were founded some 35 years back in May 1988. The pen that we are unboxing today is the famous design you will recognize in an instant. Snowhite H5 is a cartridge system-based roller gel pen. You can change the cartridges to make it go again till it finishes. You can buy them from Ali Express. Thanks, Aashish
Snowhite is a manufacturer of many writing instruments. I am in love with their fountain pens. This Snowhite FP022 comes in multiple colours and I have got 2 of them here in this video. The price is around USD 2 on Ali Express and I am not so sure if you can find them in Johannesburg China Mall. I have not found them as yet in Johannesburg.
I got them from the Stationery Expo that happened in May 2023. This is really cheap compared to the other fountain pens from other manufacturers. This came with a cartridge which you can buy separately as well as refill it using a syringe and ink bottle. I really found them to be worthy for students and someone who is starting with fountain pens. I really love them.
DOMS is one of the Indian Writing Instruments brands that has gained immense popularity across the world. That's because it has a huge range of products and once a small kid starts using something from childhood, he will continue to use the same products as he grows older.
I found this interesting product from DOMS called Chalk Holder. It has this beautiful dual-colour body design and is priced at only Rs 20 or ZAR 5. This will help the crayons, chalk, etc., hold and use them without getting the smell or powder on your hands and is best suited for teachers, etc at work. If you have a board at home, it's perfect and can also be used to finish your crayons when they are breaking in your hands.
Week 23 is now in full swing as there are some of the new smartphone launch events as well as some of the new gadgets to get introduced to. I feel thankful and grateful to the brands which value me but don't like if they don't give me importance like I give them by creating content using their products or about their products.
1. Launch Event - I was invited to the launch event for Vivo V27 5G and Vivo V27e Smartphones. This time they have chosen some of the influencers who already had the phone available to them. Last year I did a lot of YouTube Shorts for Vivo from their launch event but despite that, I was not the chosen one. I received the phone the same week it was launched for two weeks but was not allowed to take the same to Zambia. It was an opportunity missed by the brand for sure. They also had a creative manager whom I tried contacting and he knew me as well to my surprise but he was not interested so I left the conversation and took the goodies bag and came back home immediately after. Thereafter I even rejected the interview requests as they didn't fetch more than 20-30 views in the whole year since the last year's launch event.
I also received the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 which I won during the NDA event for the Galaxy S23 smartphone. It took a while but I felt great to be receiving any gadgets I can make Youtube videos on. I also returned the Samsung Galaxy A54 that I received to review.
I also had a meeting with the Deli Stationery country manager at their office in Johannesburg CBD. They gave me some of their products that I made videos on my channel but I think they didn't like my content and I have not received any further comms from them to date.
2. Thank You - I started from 13000 onwards and reached 45000 counts by the end of the week. This is the best exercise I can do on a daily basis. It frees me from all the negativity and thoughts that really are not the best for me.
3. Entertainment - I watched the Fast X movie and it's a one-time watch. I now have forgotten the story of the same as well. I think the series needs to now take a break but there are so many ensemble cast that they can continue forever till they live or even after that using the AI tools and green screen.
4. YouTube - I have stopped doing 5 Shorts on a daily basis since the start of June 2023 and the growth has not slowed down for sure. I have reached 2080 subscribers on my channel. I have taken a break as I was getting mentally stressed due to the same. It takes a lot of time to make and work on creating content all the time.
5. Stationery Videos - I have been posting a lot of stationery items from pens to other fancy products and more are going to be posted in the coming months as well. Let me know if you are interested in watching this type of content. I am really thankful to all the brands that exist and create a lot of videos on the same. I am not creating to get views as I don't do trending videos at all. I don't even get views on these types of videos which is not going to get me even some cents from Youtube adverts but I love creating the passion I have for the stationery items since childhood. I have spent a lot of money all my life on these items which I could have spent enjoying with friends or eating things I wanted to.
Sometimes I think of quitting all this but then you need to have a thick skin and can't leave a dream because some people are not aligned with your future goals. The Life's Way was not created for someone but it was my dream passion project and despite all the good and the bad times it will continue. I have lived my life with a lot of internal and external struggles and have accepted that this is part of the same coin. You have to continue living the life and my life has been the Life of Pi as I was born on 22/7 i.e. 22nd July and Pi as a number has infinite potential and never ending or fully divisible and so is my life.
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Week 21 started with touching the 2000 YouTube subscribers I had aimed for many months. So Grateful to everyone who chose to give my channel a subscription and you can too as it's completely free.
1. Launch Events - I was invited to Samsung's Bespoke Design Challenge Winner announcement at Design Quarters and what a setup Samsung South Africa has designed to entice customers before they make their own unique den using the Samsung range of products from TV to Fridges to Microwave to Washing Machine and Gas Cooking Station. The colour combination on Samsung Bespoke products can match the colours of your choice and even the microwave colour was matching and I totally fell in love with the setup. You can check out my IG page for photos from the same or visit Samsung Lifestyle Experience at Design Quarters in Fourways. I also posted a lot of photos on Google Maps as well.
I met the Director of WriteSpoke and he showcased to me some of the luxury stationery products available at his online store and his passion towards the Fountain Pens. He is an avid collector himself of inks and fountain pens along with great paper or notepads to write on.
I also got the legacy of Mr Derek whose daughter sold me his Mont Blanc collection of inks and some other fountain pens that I am going to use in the future. The fountain pens will be my first time using Gold Nib pens and becoming an owner of the same to carry Uncle Derek's legacy forward.
There is a quote in Hindi - Bhagwaan jab data hai chappar phaad kar deta hai and that came true as I went to Stationery Expoand got so many pens and other stationery products that I can even last them for my whole life without even buying a single pen myself but as you know me, I will definitely buy the ones I love and intend to collect. In English, it means when Almighty God blesses you with something then you won't be able to hold it in your arms and house as it will be so much in abundance.
2. Entertainment - I was eagerly waiting for the Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai movie starring Manoj Bajpayee. The story is based on a lawyer who is fighting against a religious guru who was caught by law for doing sexual assault on his followers. It's really a movie you will like and I totally liked the same as one man fights against everyone despite people being bought using force or money or shot.
3. YouTube Shorts - As I told you earlier that I was going 5 shorts per day and this has helped me grow my subscribers at a fast pace. From 1997 to reaching 2043 by the end of the week was never possible earlier without YouTube Shorts. A YouTube Shorts event was also there which I attended virtually and there was a YouTube Listen event as well with some of the upcoming artists or big singers who are choosing YT Shorts as a platform to go live and launch their song.
4. Thank You - I started the counter again and reached 40000 before it again came back to zero. I started again and reached the 1500 mark to finish the week. I am adamant about completing my 100k for the month despite the counter not agreeing to the same. Human courage and willpower are much more than any machine for sure.
5. Salary - This is a one-time event every month which I want to have more than once in my day-to-day living. I want to earn some more cheques, money transfers, EFTs, and cash flow so that I can also enjoy the luxuries of abundant life has to offer. I don't look at the price tag for buying what I want to buy. I can get the gadgets I actually want to use and products I want to write with like the Mont Blanc 149 Fountain Pen which is still beyond my salary reach. This can only be acquired if I get some promotional work completed or get some advertisements on my social media channels. Hands folded as for Lord Shiva nothing is impossible! Cheers!!!
I am really grateful to all the readers who are liking these blog posts as I see that the weekly posts are being loved by my readers a lot. I don't know who are you so drop me a comment on what I can also do in my daily life or anything you want me to add or write about?
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Week 20 is the week where I will be on the verge of becoming a 2k creator since it's been over a year since I reached 1000 subscribers last year on May-22.
1. YouTube - The daily 5 YouTube shorts is going strong and sometimes I want to miss a day or two but once I have done a commitment, I don't listen to anything else. I have always believed that our spoken words create our future and we should always respect our spoken words. Despite having been sick since the mid of the previous week, I have had a lot of videos created earlier which I found and posted during those days when I could not create on the same day. This habit has really helped me reach 1996 subscribers by the end of this week.
This week was totally focused on getting well and posting 5 shorts every day. We will focus on creating this whole post on the same.
2. Launch Event - Huawei launched its new smartphone called Huawei P60 Pro at Kyalami on 18 May 23. The phone camera is really good and I totally loved it. I didn't get the phone to review and didn't get the chance to go to Dubai for the earlier launch event in Dubai despite posting all the press releases over the years which goes more than 250+ on this blog. I don't think I will be able to forget the same and this time they gave 2 tickets to one of their music events as a goodie bag for which we had to wait a long time as well post the completion of the event in Johannesburg.
The other event I was invited to was to Nomad Restaurant launch in Montecasino where my wife and daughter went and they totally enjoyed the food. I also tried their Vegetarian pizza later which they brought home for me and I also totally loved the same. It had the middle easter flavours or let's say it had the amount of chilli and masala that I like in the pizza.
There was another event that I missed as one was in Pretoria which was too far and Joburg one was in CBD that I missed due to the Huawei event at the same time. It was from Spotify Podcaster and I really wanted to learn the skill to start podcasting as well. I have to work on something of a storyline that I will start telling the world soon.
3. Thank You - The count started from 69000 onwards and reached the 96000+ mark to close the week as the counter then went to zero by mistake. The counter sometimes gets hit at the reset button as I am picking up groceries from the car and then it goes back to zero. It always is a pain to see it getting to zero after reaching closer to 100k. Do you get the same feeling as well when the number is near and the device resets to zero?
4. Reading Books/Listening to Audiobooks - This year reading or audiobooks have taken a backseat as I am not going for a walk every day. Last year I have that 1000km target but this year I am not following the same. Due to this I have not heard much of the audiobooks and have not read a lot of books as well. I am not sure when I will be able to bring back the fun of reading books this year as so far I have not done anything other than only checking the abstracts of the books using the getAbstract app.
5. Stationery - Recently I have taken a lot of interest in collecting special stationery items like Fountain Pens and also contacted some brands to do some reviews. I am looking forward to going to the first Stationery Expo in Johannesburg next week on 25 May 2023. A lot of Indian brands are going to be there and I am sure I will get a lot of samples which I am going to review soon on my Youtube channel as well. If you want anything specific or anything you want me to focus on, please do let me know.
I am sure I am intentionally focused towards going the video route as I am seeing a lot of interest from the general public in them. If you want me to review any app, any gadgets or any stationery items please do let me know. Give me a subscription also if you are on my channels!
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