TAKE*5 epilogue (raise your glass)

Posted by: lemonbarleystrawberry on: June 28, 2011

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i’ve been planning this entry ever since i came back from my last TAKE*5 project in krabi.

i find it so difficult to end everything off properly because saying goodbye is always hard and…nothing seems adequate enough to express everything i’m feeling and to deliver all i want to say.

but then, this is important for me, and probably you too.

it’s time, so let’s get going.

this is what i call an inspiration: a brilliant idea comes into my head out of nowhere and refuses to go away until i act on it.

i could have brushed it away easily and blamed it on my lack of momentum, time or energy, like all the other times when i was hit by a brainwave; but this time round, no i didnt.

somehow i know, this is an important chapter in my life; an unforgettable turning point for me.

and also, because i have YOU, my dear friends and blog readers.

your kind encouragement and help has carried me so far and see…before i know it, here we are, at the end of my fun-filled journey.

even though i wouldnt say everything has gone according to plan (like how i screwed up cooking in project #7 again and again; and how i kept having short of photo frames and had to return to ikea for project #9); i think TAKE*5 has been nothing less than PERFECT.

over the course of the whole project, there has been too much memory, laughter, love and happiness felt and shared; all of which words and pictures can never fully capture.

so let’s have a proper closure for TAKE*5; and of course revisit some of the lovely moments in all ten AWESOME projects.

i hope that they will bring a smile to your face, the way they do for me.

i didnt keep track of how long the whole project took, though i’m pretty sure it was more than the designated five weeks.

in fact, i’m still on project #9, that is tidying up and redesigning my room; and things like projects #2 (find faith), #3 (mind my body) and #5 (learn photography) are more than an one-off experience and require long-term commitment.

but then again, it’s been such an enjoyable ride, so…who’s complaining?! haha…

TAKE*5 has shown me the value of youth and freedom; helped me know myself a little better and given me the opportunity to appreciate the people and things around me more.

most importantly, it has taught me the meaning of viva la vida.

i’ve learnt that we dont have to be extremely rich, pretty, glamorous, clever or popular to live a good life.

i’m certainly not; and yet, i can confidently say that i do live a good life.

each and everyone of us is surrounded by wonderful people and things, if only we open our eyes and see them, instead of being swayed by what the society defines as important and valuable.

not easy…i have to say.

but i guess that’s what living is for – we just keep learning.

though i had set out to accomplish many of the projects on my own, i always ended up attracting and engaging the help of friendly people and lucky circumstances around me.

so i would say TAKE*5 is not only about me or for me.

whether you have been part of any of those projects; or whether you have left me a comment / sent me an email or sms to motivate me; or whether you have been inspired by any of the projects and done one for yourself; or whether you have simply followed the progress of TAKE*5, you are the reason i’ve managed to complete my mission.

TAKE* 5 would not have been possible without you.

so wont you please come…and raise your glass.

come on, just raise your glass.

for you.

and for me.

let’s toast…to inspirations, to youth, to freedom, to friends, to TAKE*5.

and to you and me.

CHEERS.