Author: ruhunagavel
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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…
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“The Art of Speaking comes from within. You already have what you need to be the best” – Meet The Experts 2021
By Gv. Mevan Induruwa As a part of the series of workshops organized by the Gavel Club of University of Ruhuna, “Meet The Experts 2021” which consisted of two workshops was conducted to improve the two main styles of public speaking, namely Prepared and Impromptu, among the Ruhuna Gaveliers at competition level. The first session…
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“The best feedback is when you feed it back into you.” – ‘APPRAISA 2021’
By Gv. Kiruciga Mahendraraj Along the series of speech workshops organized by the Gavel Club of University of Ruhuna; ‘Appraisa 2021’, a tremendous masterstroke ignited on the 8th of August. The preceding updates including flyers and promotional videos were made by the graphic designers, video editors and content writers of our Gavel Club Media Team…
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“Don’t care what anyone else might say, just open your mouth and speak up!” – Speak-Up 2021
By Gv. Ravindu Ranathilaka Kicking off the series of speech workshops organized by the Gavel Club of University of Ruhuna; its first leg ‘Speak-Up 2021’ ended as a massive success on the 1st of August. The event started off with a mysterious video of one of the Gaveliers (not me, maybe someone else who looks…