It's Us - October 2015 Edition



It ’s US | September, 2015 | Volume 12 | Issue 3

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Stories

INSIDE...

-Anonymous-

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Haritha Mangove plantation ceremony around Bolgoda

Lake, with the collaboration of Natre Team, Uni -

versit of Moratwa.

There’s a lot more….

I thought I knew what

Courage is

Until one day I met ahandicapped boy

Looking aer his blind old parents


Real pain is

Until one day I saw him cring

Hugging her wedding dress


Tre love is

Until one day I saw her At the airor waving goodbye with

Tears falling down to her only son


Life is

Until one day I realized

“No I didn’t”

There is lot more to know

-Anonyous

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Api Akurata Meli Nowemu A preparation seminar which was targeted on up-

coming Ordinar Level examination.

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Pubudamu Mal Kekulu Children’s Day celebration event which was taken

place in Bodiraja Vidyalaya, Katbedda. It was a re-

minscence for leos of UOM Leos.

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Around the For A geat oppornit for leos who were seeking to face

curious challenges which was taken place at Galle

Dutch For.

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Kavi Leela An oppornit to exand the limits of enjoying po-

et in a literati manner.

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Haritha Mangroves Planting Campaign

Sri Lanka is a country of Green and surrounded by the glow-

ing Blue water…. Agree??

Of course rivers, waterfalls, and lakes make it living .

Have you ever heard about the largest natural fresh waterlake in Sri Lanka???

Yeah I know it’s a quite hard question…

But I bet you will surely be surprised when you get to know

the answer.

It’s BOLAGODA LAKE

Yeah it’s hard to believe that the largest natural fresh water

lake covers the western province mostly..

But it is…

And most interestingly it touches the borders of University of

Moratuwa.

As we all know western province still keeps its record of be-

longing the most polluted environment in Sri Lanka. So, is

Bolagoda lake ,the largest fresh water reservoir properly con-

served??? Or its banks are protected from erosion???

We UoM LEOs were concerned and launched “Haritha” , the

mangroves planting program on 3rd of October 2015 at the

bank of Bolagoda lake. The young hearts who love the Lake

BOLAGODA gathered around LEOs and completed another

successful chapter of contributing to serve Nature and Green

Sri Lanka.


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Api Akurata Meli Nowemu

Since it is the month of October, only few weeks remain

for the upcoming o/l exam. So UOM Leos decided to

give a helping hand for the students who are facing o/ls.

This seminar series was organized in two phases. On 5thof October 1st phase of the seminar series was held at

Hinnarangolla central college at Welimada. Next phase

was at Ha/Getamanna dakuna maha vidyalaya on 27th

of October. Seminars were conducted from 8.30 am to

2 pm. At the first session papers were distributed among

students and gave them a chance to find answers, finally

the marking schemes were also distributed.

After the paper discussion, it was the time for sharing

experiences.

“I know a lot of you may be very stressed about the up-

coming exams, I remember how stressed I was myself

back in grade 11,but as long as you are starting to go

through your notes you’ll be fine “

Those words of UOM Leos were a motivation for those

students. As we all know, when Exams are only a few

weeks and as is usual we all start to stress a little, even

for who have been through the exam system before.So

we had to make their minds too. At the end of the day we

were able to make them more confident for their exams.

Preparation Seminar For

Ordinary Level Exam

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Photo Stor...

Snaps of the Month...

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Pubudamu Mal Kekulu

It is been said that there is nothing purest than

a child’s mind. But, as adults, we should be

more sensitive to identify their minds. So on

second of October, UOM Leos was lucky tosee the deepest thoughts and feelings which

are hidden in inside some purest minds.

It was a children’s programme with the small

children in Bodiraja vidyalaya, Katubedda.

For UOM Leos who gathered there, that was

a reminiscence of their good memories of

the childhood. The arts that were born by the

hand of those children were a reflection of their

thoughts, feelings and emotions. They showed

us how they see the world.

These days everyone talks about bad influenc-

es for children from adults. These all problems

which are faced by children, happens because

adults do not try to understand children or do

not interact with them in a way that children can

understand. So this programme was a bridge

that connected two worlds for a one moment –

the world of young generation and the world of

the children.

Childrens’ Day Celebration Programme

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AroundThe Fort

Around the Fort was a great chance for the peo-

ple who were seeking to face curious challeng-

es. It was held on 18th of October 9a.m. at Gal-le Dutch Fort. As world archaeology day falls

on month of October Leo clubs of districts 306

A1,A2,B1,B2 have given their contribution to or-

ganize this event. Teams were organized with

5 members. According to the map, teams had

faced series of challenges around the Fort. There

were balloon games, poster drawing events and

many interesting games. Sponsors for this event

were Target Media, Allianz, Ceylon investment

group(Pvt) Ltd. Cash prizes were awarded for the

1st place - 10000LKR 2nd place - 7500LKR 3rd

place - 5000LKR.We are proud to say that one of

our UOM Leo teams has won the 1st runner’s up.

Team spirit was highly required for all the teams

throughout the day. That day was really a remark-

able day for all the participants as all of them had

enjoyed a lot from the games and fun events.

Spend each day of life with challenges. Don’t limit

your challenges. Challenge your limits….

For Challenge Lovers

Do you love challenges?

“Challenges are what makes life interest-

ing.And overcoming them is what makes

life meaningful.”

--Joshua J. Marine

We don’t grow when things are easy. We

grow when we face challenges. So, always

try to face challenges.

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GOOD TO FORGIVE,BUT EVEN BETTER

TO BE FORGIVEN

‘Sometimes there are no nex time or timeouts or second chances .Sometimesit is now or never’ said by Alan Bennet. But as humans we are not bor perfect

.Anyone can make a mistake at any time .But as humans we should be able to

offer second chances to make them corect. That is the most humble offer that

one can give to the others.

Saying sor is just an original and overorked word, but it plays a prominent

par of forgiveness. Norally people use this word all the time even out of habit

to get rid of something ver easily. And saying sor afer doing a mistake makes

people more relieved of what they have done wrongly and used as an escaperoute. The word sor doesn’t car a value unless the culprit take actions to

make things right.

Ever person in this world has made a mistake at least at one point or another.

People do things even not knowing that would hur others. They would have not

thought about the consequences .But forgiving is the best solution that one can

offer to exress his gateflness or personalit. Second chances are a wonderfl

and prestigious thing everone should have.

‘Though no one can go back and make a brand new star, anyone can star fom

now and make a geat ending’ .Carl Bard’s quote depicts that though we don’t

get a second chance to make the first impression, we can get a fesh star and a

relieving ending by giving second chances. We know that people make mistakes,

but exactly most of the time it is not what did, but how they fix it and happens

then afer maters.

Second chances are always geat for those who desere them. So if you really show

reget about what you have done, you will surely get a second chance and take

ever action using your best effors to value the chance you got. So it is good to

forgive but even beter to be forgiven.

-Shehara Liyanarachchi (Batch ’14)


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Leo Nethumini

Palihawadana

Editorial Panel

Leo YasankaJayawardane

Leo Chamath-ka Gajanayake

Leo ShehaniAttanayake

Leo DishanthaWijekoon

Leo DinushaMadhushani

Leo KalhariRubasinghe

Designer

Leo club of university of Moratuwa is a place which lead to

the path of spiritual realism. We are fortunate enough to be

a part of it to improve the quality of life as a human being.

We proudly present you the forth issue of “IT’S US”, the ocialnewsleer of Leo club of UOM.This contains arcles about many fruiul

events done by UOM Leos such as “Pubudamu Mal Kakulu”,”Api Aku-

rata Mali Nowemu”,”Kavi Leela”, “Haritha” & Around the Fort.We were

abled to give a helping hand specially for students in rural areas through

the seminars conducted under the event “Api Akurata Mali Nowemu”.

I hope we can connue all the dedicaon and hard work by contrib-

ung ourselves to create a beer world tomorrow. My special thanks

goes to everyone who are always with us as a shadow. Your comments

and feedbacks are highly appreciated as they are the movaon for

us. Join with us to get new experiences, serve the people and to expe-

rience the reality of life. Spontaneously you will become great human.

“Being human is given. But keeping our humanity is a choice.”

Editorial Panel Chief Editor

It's Us - October 2015 Edition

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