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By Theshani Nuradha You want to sing You want to listen You want to relax your mind You want to be motivated You want to voice it out So you should have been in the 273rd meeting, the “Musical Meeting” The President, Vibhanu Arachchige, commenced the 273rd meeting at ENTC 1 and the proceedings were…

By Lihini Dinushika A glorious day dawned for the Gavel club with the 272nd gavel meeting with a show of promising talent among the newcomers of the club.  President Vibhanu Arachchige welcomed the many new faces drawn to the club before handing over the proceedings to the Toastmaster, Wimali Galgamuwage. “Everyone has the potential to…

By Ama Kalpani It was a perfect Thursday evening where all the Gaveliers invaded the PG Seminar room of ENTC one by one to mark another magical meeting. It was a pleasure to see a house full meeting with so many new faces of the youngest batch who joined hands with us strengthening the bond…

By Samavath Mallawarachchi We do not always have Gavel meetings where the “word of the day” itself is suitable to explain the nature of the meeting, but 270th meeting was such an instance. The “word of the day” was ‘flabbergast’, and the meeting was flabbergasting indeed, as we witnessed marvelous speeches from both seasoned and…

By Rochelle Silva The Gavel club was in for a pleasant surprise this week. It wasn’t the Gavel Orientation Program for the freshers. And no special advertising was done for this particular meeting. We were planning an orientation program for the freshers in a coming week. Yet, The ENTC PG seminar room was brimming with…

By Rochelle Silva As the year draws to a close, it’s time to prepare for the next. Thus the Gaveliers gathered at the Royal College Skills Center on 31st December 2015 to prepare for the biggest Gavel event so far, Gavel Conference 2016. Since it is an event focused on uniting all the Gaveliers and…

By Chamanthi Denisha Jayaweera Photo credits: Hashan Nirvan Rahubaddha The Gavel family is multi-cultural, multi-religious and is boundlessly willing to share opinions. One of the factors that bind the Gavel family together is their spirit of celebration. The Christmas meeting is a key event in the Gavel calendar. Project chairs Timal Mohan and Merl Chandana…

A voyage through the pristine water ways and dense rain forest… A memorable outing with the family and the leaches… Annual Gavel Outbound training (aka Gavel Trip) and the 266th meeting was held at Runakanda Rain Forest on 6th December 2015. The event was chaired by Hashan Rahubaddha and Chamanthi Jayaweera. Let the photos speak…

By Rochelle Silva “What makes this world so beautiful?” “What’s the best method to improve higher education?” “Why is Enrique Iglesias so lovable?” If you were at the 265th Gavel meeting, you would have found the answers to those questions and much more. The meeting kicked off with a reminder from our beloved Mr. President…

By Samavath Mallawarachchi “If you could go back to the past, what would you like to change in your life?”  This was the round robin topic given by Shehan Avindra, the philosophic toastmaster of 263rd Gavel Meeting. It was an interesting round robin session, as the Gaveliers put forward different views on this topic. Vibhanu…