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By Malith Jayaweera After the semi-finals of Speech Olympiad IX, the time had come for another wonderful Gavel meeting. The Toastmaster, Chamanthi Jayaweera, started the round robin session by mentioning her adventures in Poland where she had got the opportunity to present in front of world class CEOs, representing her team in CIMA GBC (Global…

By Chathuranga Amunugama Blank white board without topics! Aren’t we going to talk about something?? The worst nightmare a Gavelier could experience!!   Demonstrating the quote “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice”, the 254th Gavel meeting was mostly focused on the impromptu speeches of our talented speech Olympiad semifinalists. It was Timal Mohan who…

By Rochelle Silva With the Preliminaries of Speech Olympiad IX drawing near, each and every club member was busy preparing speeches or organizing the details of the event itself. Thus the 253rd Gavel meeting brought together a flock of busy and enthusiastic Gaveliers to the ENTC PG seminar room on 27th of July 2015 for…

By Shehan Thilina Jayasinghe ”Every day is a better day with Gavel!” The 252nd meeting of the Gavel Club came to life on 9th July 2015 at the PG Seminar Room in ENTC Department. It was a normal meeting with no predetermined theme, but every meeting at Gavel is special. This day was made so…

By Niluxsi Puvanenthiran A few weeks ago, Malith Jayaweera sarcastically stated that Gavel discriminated men and questioned how Gaveliers could forget fathers’ day while they extravagantly celebrated women’s day and mothers’ day. Thus, after a marvelous historic 250th meeting, the 251st Gavel meeting was held on 02nd of July 2015 under the theme of “Fathers’…

By Ama Kalpani “The greatest things in the world are not achieved overnight by an individual; they are the efforts of many people throughout a long period of time.” 250 gatherings! By all means, it was a long journey and indeed a reason to celebrate…. We, Gaveliers got together for the 250th time for an…

By Hashan Nirvan Rahubaddha “Do what you like. Say what you like. This is your time to stand up. This is your time to speak up. Share your life. Share your story. And don’t be afraid to make mistakes for none is perfect. We also had humble beginnings and made many mistakes. But we were able to…

By Kasun Samavath Mallawarachchi “There are three kinds of people in Gavel Club, people who take things from the Gavel Club but never give anything back, people who give things back to the club while taking maximum out of it, and people who only want to serve the club without improving themselves” Those were the words of…

By Janith Dissanayake   What is the hardest thing to do in this world? For many people, it is saying good bye to a person who drew smiles across so many faces; a wonderful soul whose very existence around us laid a solid foundation on which we could even build another Coliseum. With nostalgic feelings mimicking memorable…

By Samadhi Poornima Kumarasinghe “Don’t make decisions when you are angry, don’t make promises when you are happy” “Love is a choice and an action” “Impossible to see the future is” 246th meeting of the Gavel Club commenced with those plus more topic sentences written in black ink on the main board. As usual, the president opened…