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rtr sachintha fernando
Have you ever felt like all the forces in the universe are working against you?
Felt like hard work didn’t quite pay off?
Felt like no matter what you do, you can’t make a difference? After all, you are just one, just one of seven billion people, your contribution is miniscule, why bother?
When you are young you are budding with ideas, creativity and dreams of changing the world. But with time reality sinks in, you
learn the harsh lessons of life; you become wary of being knocked over and over again by the dashing of your hopes and upsetting
of your calculations. You give up, or conform, or choose to settle for less, because chasing your dream has become too challenging,
too difficult, too exhausting.
Well you are not alone. We urge you not to give in, we urge you not to give up.
We, the members of the Rotaract club, University of colombo, Faculty of Management and Finance are a bunch of undergraduates
hailing from diverse backgrounds, religions and races united under the badge of Rotaract, committed to serving our community,
determined to make a difference.
our Rotaract theme for the year 2012/2013 – ‘going the Distance’ - portrays our commitment towards going that extra mile to achieve
our goals. We are determined to go the distance, to make a difference. We may not be able to change the world, but we will at least
make a small difference in the community we live in, for a better tomorrow.
this year we welcome you to ‘the kaleidoscope’, the quarterly newsletter of the Rotaract club, University of colombo, Faculty of
Management and Finance. the kaleidoscope hopes to inform and disseminate news about events, projects and developments taking
place in our club to all interested parties and also serve as a means of keeping in touch with those involved in the Management
Faculty and Rotaract communities. the kaleidoscope will also introduce a section on international understanding and one on profes-
sional development where we will feature articles and activities of interest.
as the editor, i hope to capture the depth and diversity of our club’s kaleidoscope of people and activities and share it with all of you!
froM the EDITOR
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CONTENTS
01 PRESIDENTS SPEECH 02 INSTALLATION CEREMONY 03 BOARD 2012/13 04 THE YEAR GONE BY .
05 ONE YEAR AND EIGHT AWARDS 06 SLAM
07 BUILDING BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP 08 OUR TRIP TO SRI LANKA 09 CRICKET CARNIVAL 10 SEENI MEANI
11 RICE AND KNOWLEDGE AT THE SAME TIME?
12 CLUB ACHIEVERS
13 WORD POWER 14 ROTARACTOR OF THE MONTH
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..it’s not just that, it’s this crazy notion that i have, where I think I want to change the world. I know it’s ambitious but I don’t mean it in a grand scale way...’’
chief guest-Rtn. phF Rajeeva
Bandaranayake, guest of honor-Dean
Faculty of Management and Finance-
prof h.D karunarthne, District Rotaract
committee chair Rtn. phF Farzana khan,
District Rotaract representative Rtn phF
Dilhan Jayarathne, fellow Rotarians,
Rotaractors and friends of Rotaract.
of all the installations i’ve been to this
year and last, i have being impressed
with the confidence of the president’s
speeches. it’s great to see the leaders
of clubs take it on so confidently and
i admire that, and i really wish i could
be the same.But having already gone
through a few tough times just at the
start of our calendar, it made me real-
ize that i can’t give a rosy bright speech,
because things don’t work out that way.
Being a University based club has its
tough days, and these are a few…no
people in uni to even do a fund raiser let
alone conduct meetings or even a proj-
ect. But i was happy to see our members
still trying their best to initiate and that
was great.
What kept me going was seeing the
people before me; Mifrah, our founder
and first president, no matter how much
he bugs me, i truly admire him, because
starting a club where there was none
of that sort is tough. and from last year
lishan, Nadisha and thilini showed so
much strength and unimaginable com-
mitment and i think it was their service
to the club that made me want to keep
going this year and push forward.
and it’s not just that is this crazy notion
that i have where i think i want to change
the world. i know it’s ambitious but i
don’t mean it in a grand scale way…but
just to maybe make things little bit bet-
ter than what it was, that will be good
enough.
so that being said, i think i have to be
careful with the promises i give…it’s
the president’s speech and its official so
anyone can hold me against it, so i don’t
want to give promises i can’t keep.
i can’t promise you a clear straight road
ahead where we travel in a Ferrari. But i
can guarantee you a long tedious, wind-
ing road with lots of holes in the middle
and even broken bridges. the terrain
will be tough and the weather will be
tougher. it won’t be shady. it will rain,
not pitter patter but hail storms and we
won’t be travelling in a four wheel drive,
but a motor bike or a tuk tuk. it’s going
to be tough.
But i will guarantee you this, i will be
there. and though the road maybe tough
when we turn back and look, we will see
the rain has stopped in some places and
the people we met along the road who
couldn’t smile before will start to smile. i
can guarantee that the road we travelled
in will be made better when we look back
and it will be all worth it.
so to my board and members, thank you
for not backing out even when the road
seems tough and for being crazy like me
and wanting to change the world. the
road maybe long, tiring and hard but i
know that we will go the distance no
matter what.
PRESIDENTSspeech
Rtr NilaNgika FeRNaNdo
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he 2nd installation ceremony
of the Rotaract club, University
of colombo, Faculty of
Management and Finance took
place on the 17th august 2012 at the
Royal college skills centre, colombo, and
was chaired by Rtr Neena silva.
it was an occasion of felicitation, rec-
ognition and celebration of the clubs
many achievements and introduction of
the new board for the year 2012/2013.
Rtr Nilangika Fernando was installed
as president, while Rtr thauri thalagala
assumed the responsibilities of secretary.
the president introduced the theme for
the coming year “going the Distance”
where she and her very talented board
made no promises except one, that they
will indeed “go the distance”.
the chief guest on the occasion was the
president of Rotary club Midtown - paul
harris Fellow Rtn Rajeeva Bandaranayake,;
and the guest of honor was the Dean of
the Faculty of Management and Finance -
prof h.D karunarthne. other dignitaries
who graced the occasion were District
Rotary president - paul harris Fellow Rtn
Dr Dilhan Jayathileka and District Rotary
committee chairperson - paul harris
Fellow, Rtn Farzaan khan. the ceremony
was well attended and the evening’s
proceedings concluded with felicitations
and good wishes to the newly installed
board.
INSTallaTION
rtr sachintha fernando
of the rotaract club, university of coloMbo,
faculty of ManageMent and finance
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CEREmONy
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Imm. Past President
lishan Wichramanayake
Treasurer/Faculty Advisor Dr. arosha adikaram
President Nilangika Fernando
Vice President amaranthi casseer
Secretary thanuri thalagala
Assistant Secretary
harini indiketiya
Assistant Treasurer/ Professional Developmentcharith perera
Editor sachintha Fernando
Sergeant-at-arms Duminda de alwis
Club ServiceNeena silva
Club Servicesuneth lakshitha
Community Service
Ransimali Warnapura
Community ServiceNadeera Udawatte
Professional DevelopmentNaduni perera
International Understanding
kushani Dassanayake
International UnderstandingDilini Dias
Finance
Nipuni abeysiriwardena
IT
lakmal Ranasinghe
bOaRD 2012/13
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“ThE yEaR GONE by’’rotaract year 2011/12
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June was an amazing day for the Rotaract club of
University of colombo Faculty of Management and
Finance. the 22nd District assembly for the Rotary
international District 3220 – sri lanka recognized
our club and our members with many awards in the one year of action we can
claim for ourselves.
the list of awards received is as follows:
1. 2011/12 changemaker award - Rotary international Recognition
2. award of citation
3. award for hosting hiV and aiDs Walk 2012
4. awards for hosting World Down syndrome Day
5. the spirit of service award to Rtr. thilini alahakoon
6. Rotaractor of the Month (March) to Rtr. thilini alahakoon
7. award of Recognition to Rtr. Nadisha colombage
8. Rotaract paragon award to Rtr. Nadisha colombage
the changemaker award is one of the best rewards a club can get for its service
throughout the year; Rotary international awards this to a select few clubs for
meeting the criteria set forth by them. likewise, the award of citation garners
district approval by the District committee for the club’s performance and conduct
throughout the year.
Rtr. thilini alahakoon, the community service Director for 2011/12 was recognized
with the spirit of service award for all the hard work she put in throughout the
Rotaract year of 2011/12. her service during the World Down syndrome Day and
during the hiV and aiDs Walk is seemingly unsurpassable. in recognition her out-
standing service she also received the Rotaractor of the Month award for March.
Rtr. Nadisha colombage, the secretary for 2011/12 was given an award of recogni-
tion for the outstanding service rendered by her to the District 3220 – sri lanka as
the assistant District community services Director in 2011/12. in addition, she was
the recipient of one of the most coveted titles Rotaract paragon: one which has
been awarded to only five Rotaractors in recognition of their spirit, leadership and
service to the District 3220 and to their clubs.
it was indeed with much pride and pleasure we received the recognition accorded
us, a club just blossoming to become, hopefully, one of the greats. let’s keep our
fingers crossed and endeavour to work towards this end with many more years of
service to come.
one year and EIGhT awaRDS
30th
rtr ransiMalie warnapura
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t was a day filled with activity, excitement and friendly
competition; when the Rotaractors of the four University
of colombo based clubs got together in a spirit of fun
and fellowship. slaM - science, law, arts, Management
- a club service project organized by the Rotaract clubs of the
Faculties of science, law, arts and Management saw the partici-
pation of over 70 keen members.
the day’s activities began by dividing the participants into four
groups, ensuring each had representation from the different fac-
ulties, after which each group had to come up with a name and
perform a “haka” (team cheer). the Rotaractors put their cre-
ativity and dancing skills to the test and named themselves the
hotaractors, Naughty Blues, purple power, and FUta (Federation
of United thanakolapetha’s association) and performed some
very interesting team cheers. the four teams competed with
each other in many activities including building the tallest
tower with straws, while not talking to each other.
the highlight of the day’s activities was the treasure hunt that
sent 70 students running around the university premises des-
perately looking for hidden clues. the treasure hunt also had
challenges to be completed in order to proceed, which added
excitement to the hunt. as we at Uoc like to get everybody
involved, our animal friends were no exception and one of the
challenges required each team to take a picture with a puppy.
this sent the Rotaractors on a wild puppy chase, trying to coax
and convince the faculty pups to pose with them. the treasure
hunt ended in a draw with the Naughty Blues and purple power
finding the grand prize (chunky chocs, no less).
During the day we also had Rtr. Minoli give a brief presenta-
tion about the Rotaract hierarchies, especially for the benefit
of new members (and some old) about what exactly Rotaract is
all about.
the purpose of slaM was to foster camaraderie among the four
University clubs that usually work independently. all those who
took part enjoyed themselves whilst building bonds of friend-
ship that would lead to greater understanding and cooperation
in carrying out future projects. slaM was chaired by Rtr Madhavi
andradi the secretary of the Rc Faculty of law and was a
resounding success. as part of the organizing committee i met 6
strangers – my co-organizers - and after slaM, now have 6 good
friends. We hope to continue slaM and make it an annual event.
Slam rtr sachintha fernando
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t was a pleasant morning when Rtr kushani, thanuri, Dilini
and i met up with hallie and caroline, two taiwanese
graduates from the Wenzao Ursuline college of languages.
hallie and caroline were visiting sl to meet young people
and understand their different outlooks and expectations of life
and to preach the gospel. it was quite by chance that i met these
two bubbly young ladies, by the gate of Uoc. We immediately took
to each other and arranged to meet up again before they left the
country.
We met up with our
taiwanese friends
on the 23rd of June.
it was a morning of
camaraderie where
we exchanged views
on various topics. We
wanted to share with
our friends a little
bit of sri lankan cul-
ture. in the course of
our conversation we
learnt that taiwan was
more developed than
sl, but sl was much prettier and greener which made us real-
izes how lucky we are and how much of our environment we take
for granted. they also said that in taiwan people were not that
friendly, where as in sl everyone was always smiling and ever
ready to offer help, and we felt proud to be sri lankan and of our
cultural heritage.
We then toured independence square and took the opportunity to
introduce our taiwanese friends to some traditional sl food. they
were slightly alarmed at the “miris” coloured amberella achcharu
and tentatively tasted it, surprisingly they liked it very much. the
kavum and kokis went down well too. We also discussed uni-
versity life and discovered that the competition in their country
seemed to be greater than in ours. We discussed religion too, and
their mission to spread the gospel. although we only spent a few
hours with our taiwanese
friends, it opened our eyes
to the extent to which cul-
tures, economies and atti-
tudes differ across inter-
national borders. We also
learnt that even though
differences prevailed so
did similarities. all too
soon we had to part;
we enjoyed each other’s
company immensely and
learnt a lot from each
other making it a memo-
rable morning of fun and
fellowship. thanks to
technology we now keep in touch through facebook.
exposure to different cultures is one of the most powerful ways to
promote international understanding, learn tolerance, and live in
peace. these are some of the objectives Rc club hopes to achieve
through undertaking such projects that enhance our international
understanding.
I
building bonds ofFRIENDShIP
rtr sachintha fernando
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y name is hallie, i’m
taiwanese, for the purpose
of gospel preaching, my five
team-mates and i visited sri
lanka in June and had a wonderful trip
and great experiences there.
Before i came to sri lanka, i had
no idea what does this country look like?
Which language did they speak? Where is
sri lanka? so i came to sri lanka with
many question marks in my head, but that’s
great to discover new things. Because we
are christians, and our purpose for this trip
is to preaching the gospel to the people
here and lead the people to knowing Jesus
christ, we spent most of the time with
the saints in the church in sri lanka, and
also contacted people on the street. the
saints were wonderful; they made us feel
just like we were at home. For me, it’s just
like we have family in sri lanka and we
came home to visit them. But not only
the saints, i also found out that people in
sri lanka not like the people in the other
countries’ i’ve been to. people here are
nice, always with a great smile when we
had the eye contact with each other on the
street, they make us feel so safe and were
so friendly.
i have to be honest with you
all, sri lanka is a great country, you have
the largest tree in the world (which is in
kandy, although it’s not there anymore, but
we believe it’s the largest tree around the
world, at least it’s bigger than taiwan’s),
your country just about to be developed
after so many years of warfare, and you
have a great many people with potential
who could make sri lanka ascend in the
world stage, but for me, to meet this pure,
clean, and unpolluted place was such a
blessing, keep what you have. hope to visit
there again and god bless you all.
our trip to SRI laNKa
M
halli chi
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the t. R Ranjan cricket tournament orga-
nized by the Rotary club of kandy took
place on saturday the 15th of september
at the asgiriya cricket stadium. three
of our club members Rtr arnol perera,
Rtr lakmal Ranasinghe and Rtr suneth
lakshitha joined hands with the Rotaract
club Faculty of science and formed a
team to participate in the tournament.
the tournament coincided with the 3rd
district visit to kandy. Unlimited beer and
soft drinks, good friends, sports and lots of
fun, made it a very memorable and enjoy-
able event.
CRICKET carnival
rtr arnol perera
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eeni Meanie,a workshop on Diabetes awareness
was held on the 20th of september 2012 at the
National Diabatese center,Rajagairiya organized
by the Rotaract clubs of University of colombo
Faculty of Management and Finance, Faculty of science,
Faculty of arts and Faculty of law under the initiative of
the Rotaract District 3220.
the workshop was well participated by over 50 members
from all 4 clubs. the participants were first taken through a
clinical procedure where they were checked as to whether
they were in the risk of diabetes. this risk assessment was
then followed by valuable advices and directions given with
individual attention to everyone present.
afterwards a lecture was conducted by a renowned per-
sonality Dr. Mahen Wijesuriya, MD- honorary Director –
National Diabates center, secretary- Diabetes association
of sri lanka on the importance of beating diabetes before
it beats you.
Dr. Wijesuriya explained the importance of why the young-
sters needs to be aware of the dangers of diabetes and on
how much prevention is important since when it comes to
diabetes there is no perfect cure and also it has become a
disease that is increasing in pandemic proportions more
than hiV/aiDs today. Many valuable advices were offered
as to how to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent
such illness.
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reerice.com is an initiative by the
United Nations World Food program to
donate rice to poor countries with the
participation of the global population.
the basic concept of this website is that you get
to answer multiple choice questions and win 10
grains of rice for each correct answer. Questions
can be found in various categories: humanities,
english, Math, chemistry, language learning,
geography, sciences and sat prep.
if you are wondering why the WFp is sitting on
some food and not donating it till you play a
game, well, it doesn’t work like that. the WFp
actually does not have any access to food as
such, what happens of Freerice is, they have
sponsors put up banners while games are played,
and the money gained from advertising is used
to buy food.
the Rotaract club of University of colombo
Faculty of Management and Finance created a
group in this website to keep track of the activity
by members and planned to raise 75,000 grains
within two weeks. With an enthusiastic response
from most members, the target was reached on
time. the intention of the project chair was to
promote the website among the club members
and to encourage them to take part in something
that was a benefit to society as a whole. the rea-
son to have a target was to convey the message
as to how easy it was.
With over 20 online participants the project
ended successfully by the 1st of october 2012.
75,000 grains of rice was collected to feed 4
people 2 meals each. if you are interested check
out www.freerice.com for more details.
RICE aND KNOwlEDGE at the saMe tiMe?
frtr ransiMalie warnapura
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CommUnITy SErVICE D IrECTor 2011/2012
• Recipient of the Spirit of service award for the Rotaract year 2011/2012
SECrETAry 2011/2012
• Recipient of one of the most coveted titles Rotaract Paragon: one which has been award-ed to only five Rotaractors in recognition of their spirit, leadership and service to the District 3220 and to their clubs.
aChIEvERS
• Winner of TNL onstage 2012
rtr nadisha coloMbage
rtr Melissa pereira
rtr thilini alahkoon
club
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1. Dishevelled appearance.(a) Untidy (b) Fierce (c) Foolish (d) peculiar (e) Unhappy
2. a baffling problem. (a) Difficult (b) simple (c) puzzling (d) long (e) New
3. Lenient parent. (a) tall (b) Not strict (c) Wise (d) Foolish (e) severe
4. a confirmed atheist. (a) Bachelor (b) Disbeliever in god (c) Believer in religion (d) Believer in science (e) priest
5. endless loquacity. (a) Misery (b) Fantasy (c) Repetitiousness (d) ill health (e)talkativeness
6. a glib talker. (a) smooth (b) awkward (c) loud (d) Friendly (e) Boring
7. to vacillate continually. (a) avoid (b) swing back and forth in indecision (c) inject (d) treat (e) scold
8. a nostalgic feeling. (a) Nauseated (b) homesick (c) sharp d) painful (e) Delighted
9. Feel antipathy. (a) Bashfulness (b) stage fright (c) Friendliness (d) hostility (e) intelligent
10. a tyro. (a) Dominating personality (b) beginner (c) accomplished musician. (d) Dabbler (e) serious student
11. a laconic reply. (a) immediate (b) assured (c) terse and meaningful (d) Unintelligible (e) angry
12. Cacophony of a large city. (a) political administration (b)crowded living conditions (c) cultural advantages (d) Unpleasant noises (e) Busy traffic
13. Gregarious person. (a) outwardly calm (b) Very sociable (c) completely trustworthy (d) Vicious (e) self-effacing and timid
14. Parry a blow. (a) ward off (b) fear (c) expect (d) invite (e) ignore
15. Ominous disease. (a) loud (b) threatening (c) untrue (d) serious (e) unpleasant
wORD power
(answers:
1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-b, 5-e, 6-a, 7-b, 8-b, 9-d, 10-b, 11-c, 12-d, 13-b,14-a, 15-b)
0-3: Below Average
4-6: Average
7-9: Above average
10-12: Excellent
13-15: Superior
test your vocabulary and learn new words
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quiz 1 Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard Kippling
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ROTaRaCTOR
For organizing SLAM and the IU project
Chairing the installation committee and helping organize SLAMand the IU project
For perfect attendance at club meetings and club projects, and for his contribution towards handling all IT aspects of the club
of the MonthThis year president Nilangika introduced a concept where she recognizes a club
member every month, for his/her outstanding contribution to club activities.
July 2012
rtr sachintha fernando august 2012
rtr neena silva
rtr lakMal ranasinghe
septeMber 2012
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CONTaCT uS
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(c) lakmal Ranasinghe 6 10 2012
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