Author: ruhunagavel
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Growing Old Together, Our 8th Anniversary
Gv. Peshala Prabhapoorna As a newbie Gavelier, one of the things that most of us look forward to is our first physical meeting, and it’s extra special when your first meeting is the 8th anniversary of the club. I was even more excited about the upcoming meeting because I was invited to be a part…
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On completion of the CC or how I learned to stop worrying and JUST DO IT!
Gv. Ravindu Ranatilake Hello there, ladies and gentlemen, what a quaint place to meet someone. Please don’t mind me, this old man is just here to nag you about the good ol’ times when Covid was still an experiment in Chinese labs, no wait, Tharushie edit that out. Anyway, I have the dubious honor of…
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Zero to somewhere- My Gavel journey so far…
By Gv. Peshala Prabhapoorna Almost all of the regrets in my life are about things that I didn’t do, or opportunities that I let slip through my fingers. So, whenever I find myself having to make a decision between doing or not doing something significant, I keep chanting to myself ‘take the leap, worry about…
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Ditching the web cams: Ruhuna Gaveliers venture offline
By Gavelier Ravisha Hapuarachchi As someone who joined Gavel during the height of the pandemic, I’m part of a slightly wonky generation of Gaveliers who only know to stare menacingly at the Web cam and pace in front of a table. We had been holding virtual club meetings for over a year and most of…
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Ruhuna Gavel’s very own Deathly Hallows, “The 3 Shi’s”
Gv. Tharushie Karunatilleke It was a normal Sunday morning. As far as most Sundays goes, you end up wasting almost the entire day. I was not an exception. On this particular Sunday, I happened to waste my time by scrolling through my Instagram stories when something very particular caught my eye. It was the teaser…
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“Quest for Friendship” – The joint meeting of Gavel Clubs of UoR and UoC
By Gv. Dilushi Ratnayake Gaveliers of Ruhuna joined forces with the Gaveliers of University of Colombo to go on a mythical and mystifying quest on the 23rd of October 2021. Just as heroes preparing to go on a quest, the role-players gathered and armed themselves on the previous day with a prophecy in hand, foretelling…
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Me breaking the ice!
By Gv. Madushi Jayawickrama It is a cold winter evening and you are walking on the surface of a frozen lake. You are aware of the freezing cold water swirling beneath the thin layer of ice, you are treading with caution, taking one small step at a time…. But alas! The ice breaks beneath your…
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A finalist from Ruhuna – Gavelier Chinthani’s VIVA-VOCE experience
By Gv. Chinthani Wijeratne “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t” – Jerry Rice This is one of my favourite quotes, which I read every morning as a motivation to start my daily work. I’m a logophile who loves quotes a lot. And this quote is so…
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‘When South met West in Gavel’ – The Joint Meeting of UoR & UoK
By Gv. Samadhi Alawatte “It’s an insane world, but in it, there’s one sanity, the loyalty of old friends” Ruhuna Gavel made a new friend in UoK Gavel on the 29th of August as they met each other in an entertaining Joint Gavel Meeting. Yes, entertaining, it was just fun for all those who attended…
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“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world” – Robert McKee | Meet the Experts 2021
By Gv. Tharushie Karunatilleke The series of workshops conducted by the Gavel Club of University of Ruhuna to develop a competent speaker and an evaluator came to its glorious end on the 15th of August 2021 after the successful completion of the final session of the two-part workshop “Meet the Experts 2021”. In contrast to…