Assalamualaikum, and welcome back to Orange Shots.
I've mentioned plenty of times in my videos that
YouTube isn't just a long journey,
it's a very slow journey as well.
You need a lot of patience,
you need resilience to endure this journey.
Some people are lucky, I guess,
but not everyone is.
Most of the time, when you speak with YouTubers,
they'll tell you that starting a journey on YouTube is a long
and difficult one.
But it feels awesome.
It feels great when you achieve a milestone
and YouTube rewards you for that.
The smallest rewards in your life are the ones that keep you going.
These rewards push you to
always do something bigger,
to do something more, something better.
Do something great, something better than your previous efforts.
Do something people will appreciate you for.
On YouTube, we call these rewards likes, shares, and subscriptions.
You get likes on a video, you feel amazing.
You want to create something new again.
When your videos get shared, gain more popularity,
you enjoy your experience more. You feel nice.
You get this desire to create newer content
in the hopes that you may get more popular.
When you gain more subscribers, believe me when I say
that each new subscriber
feels like you're gaining a fresh drop of blood.
The kind of blood that keeps you moving forward with your YouTube journey.
After these tiny rewards, you reach certain milestones
where YouTube rewards you.
And by all means, it's really exciting.
Upon reaching 1 lakh subscribers, you get a Silver Play Button.
Then there's Gold, and then Diamond.
You also get a Custom Play Button,
and so on and so forth.
I haven't made it that far yet.
It's still in the stages of infancy.
But I'm glad, I'm happy, that at least I got to reach my very first milestone,
and that was 1 lakh subscribers.
After getting to 1 lakh subscribers,
it's a known fact that YouTube will gift you the Silver Play Button.
And
I did receive the Silver Play Button, it's right here.
I've yet to unbox it.
I wanted to do this unboxing in a different manner.
I wanted my wife next to me,
as well as my mother.
To have a nice, fun little chat with them for you all to see.
This actually came around 1 and a half months ago,
but I couldn't unbox it until now.
My mother isn't particularly well.
I also shifted my studio to the first floor,
and she can't climb the stairs easily.
My wife is hesitant to face the camera,
she tells me to do the unboxing without her. She can't join me in my studio.
She's quite jolly, otherwise, but...
I don't know. I wanted you all to see how jolly she is.
But she isn't ready,
so, obviously, she isn't here.
So I'll just unbox this Button alone.
This box came when I was on board,
and my mother initially unboxed it.
At least she took a photo with it.
It wasn't a proper unboxing but
my mother had a couple of pictures taken
and it was a joy for me to see.
Then I came back to Lahore myself
and when I saw it for myself;
nice!
It weighs 3 lbs, which means pounds. 3 pounds.
"Shipping Department Society Awards, YouTube."
"The United States. UPS Expedited."
Let's start unboxing.
Oh.
It's already opened from the bottom.
It feels exciting.
"Recognize your team.
Share your recognition by allowing your team
to purchase a personalized Creator Award.
To purchase authorized copies of your
Creator Award, email Society Awards
YouTubeCreator@SocietyAwards.com."
What does that mean? Like if I have a team,
they can... what can they do? I don't know.
First card. Second.
"Congratulations on your subscriber milestone!
We are honored to take part in recognizing
your achievement, and want your experience to be exceptional.
This award was inspected and packaged with great care by Rick."
Thank you so much, Mr. Rick.
I've received your card.
And then, "From YouTube."
"Do you remember your first subscriber?"
I do. It was me.
Because I have a separate private email address.
And a separate email address for YouTube.
So my email ID for YouTube,
I subscribed to it myself using my private email.
I remember. "Your 100th."
Yes, I do remember my 100th.
I think it was uh... what was the name?
I forget.
"Or your 1000th subscriber."
No, I don't remember my 1000th.
"Chances are you do.
And we know that you'll definitely remember your
100,000th subscriber."
When I had reached the 99999th digit, it was almost 100,000,
I kept checking my email.
I wanted to know my 100,000th subscriber, and quick!
I wanted to write their name down.
But the 100,000th person that subscribed to me
didn't have their subscriptions set to public.
So I couldn't figure it out.
"We can't wait to see what you'll do next
and we're here to support you along the way.
And who knows? When you reach your millionth subscriber,
we may just write to you and ask,
.Do you remember your 100,000th subscriber?'"
Thank you very much, Susan. Thanks a lot!
I know these are all printed copies.
But it feels good to get a...
ma sha ALLAH.
I opened it the other way around.
And this is the final metal plaque.
"Presented to Orange Shots for passing 100,000 subscribers."
I had no idea when I'd finally reach this milestone.
Even a few months ago in March
I couldn't have thought I'd get this award so soon.
Thank you, guys. You guys are the reason that
I have this one.
I have this award because of you people.
I couldn't have done it without you.
This isn't me. This award is not me.
This award is you people.
Now, what else is in this package?
Super dry. Okay.
And nothing else.
So that is pretty much it
for this award.
I won't need this box so I'll put it to the side.
But of course, I'll keep it safe.
I won't throw it away. I'll keep it safe.
It's a part of my channel.
And finally, this is the award.
I'm so glad. This is all thanks to you guys.
Thanks to you guys.
This award is here because of you.
I wouldn't have received it if it weren't for you.
I've worked so hard on this YouTube channel for so many years,
no one would watch back then.
No one would even subscribe.
I'd hardly get my hundreds of views.
Thanks to you people.
Today's video. Today's award is in your name.
I wanted to make a different video but this video was highly overdue
so I thought I'd record this one, get it done.
And then we'll carry on with our regular videos.
So thank you all. Thank you, everyone, once again.
Many years ago when I started making videos
it was horrible.
I never thought I'd someday get an award like this.
Now this award goes here.
And by the way, if my setup looks different today,
it is different.
I've moved one floor up.
It was too noisy downstairs,
so I thought I'd make my videos one floor up.
Behind me is a wall.
It's easy for me to put the Play Button here.
Where else would I put it if this wall weren't here.
The niche was also nice so I thought this was the right place.
Anyway, this video
of today was dedicated to all of you guys.
I want to thank you all once again. Thank you so much, everyone.
I'm so, so happy that I was able to achieve this milestone.
And in sha ALLAH, I'm really hopeful that we achieve our next milestone too.
All of us together as one team. As Orange Shots.
Until my next video, take good care of yourselves.
Remember me in your prayers.
With tons of love to my Orange Shots family,
and to-be Orange Shots family.
This is me Zahid Nisar.
You're watching Orange Shots.
And until my next video,
ALLAH Hafiz.