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Inside
Kolomthotin Yalpanamata 01
Mid year review 02
Quizzy POP 03
,sfhda meÿr 2018 04
Mora Leo cricket league 2018 05
Poem 06
Firm Stance 07
Navigation 08
Inspiration 09
Editors Note 10

An Imperial Legend of Eminence

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Kolomthotin Yalpanamata
Kolomthotin Yalpanamata was a journey of fraternity that we carried the warmth
of harmony and happiness from heart to heart, all the way along from Colombo
to Jaffna. This time, UOM Leos celebrated the wonder of the prosperous Pongal
festival, while continuing their service projects to accomplish the responsibility
towards the society, as a two day project series on 20th and 21st January.
On the first day, we were truly blessed with the prosperous Pongal celebration
at Rattaijapulam vairavar kovil, Sandilipay. The members of the Aranery Hindu
society joined with us to celebrate this wonderful event according to their
cultural traditions. Kolam art is a symbol of the auspiciousness in the Hindu
culture. We organized a Kolam competition at Channagum kovil and it was a
huge success.
While feeling the cheer and good luck of Pongal, UOM Leos didn’t forget to
celebrate it in a purposive manner. Second day we organized a beach cleaning
project to clean the Casuarina beach, Jaffna. Since we know that, every removal
of trash reveals something beautiful, we put our full effort to clean that area.
Next half of the day, we spent at Valvakam blind school joining hands with Leo
Club of Manipay Parish, continuing project Vision which was carried out to
help the children who haven’t taken their blindness as an excuse. We donated
some stationary items and entertained them by singing songs.
Finally, we were able to successfully complete this project series, Kolomthotin
Yalpanamata while proving the unconfined service of UOM Leos.

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Mid Year Review
If we want to do better in the future, from time to time, we should take a
quick glance on what we’ve done so far. Out of those important instances
of review, mid-year means a special occasion. At this instance we have
already went through half a dozen of months and still we have half way to
go and it is the time we have to come up with new proposals, decisions and
plans.

UoM Leo’s mid-year review was held on 18th of January 2018 at University
premises, from 6.30 p.m. onwards. Leo Lion Pramod Wimalathunge, Leo
Lion Kesari Senevirathne PMJF and Lion Kamal Senevirathne PMJF were
present at the event as chief guest, guest of honor and special guest. Leo
of the month and quizzy pop winner were gifted on that day and all the
members who has committed for the prevailing success of the club were
rewarded by the Executive board. Mid-year review was successfully winded
up with fresh hopes for upcoming half of the year.

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Answer for the quiz in
the December issue:
114km

Congratulation Ayanthika for

becoming the lucky winner of
the November quiz!!!

Solve the question and be the lucky winner to receive a 2000/=

worth gift voucher from Sarasavi Book shop!
There is a school with 1,000 students and

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1,000 lockers which are arranged to keep
students bags. On the first day of the term
the teacher asks the first student to go
along and open every single locker. On the
second day she asks the second student to
go to every second locker and close it, on
next third to go to every third locker and
close it if it is open or open it if it is closed,
the fourth to go to every fourth locker and
so on. The process is completed with the thousandth student. How
many lockers are open at the end of the process?

Introducing the official Quizzy Pop online

portal with easy access.
Go to www.quizzypop.uomleos.org and
submit your answer online before the end
of February.

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ලිය�ෝ� පැදුර
ම�ොරටුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය තාක්ෂණික විශ්වවිද්යාලයක් ලෙසින්
ලංකාවේ බ�ොහ�ෝ�මයක් දැන සිටියත් තාක්ෂණික හැකියාවන්ට
සිමා න�ොවූ කලා හැකියාවනුත් න�ොඅඩුව ඇති බවට පෙන්වා
දීමට අපි ලිය�ෝ� පැදුර සංවිධානය කළෙමු.
දුරුතු මහ�ේ 28 වන ඉරු දින හයේ කනිසමට ලිය�ෝ� බහුමණ්ඩල
සභාපති ලිය�ෝ� ලයන් m%fudaoa විමලතුංග , ලිය�ෝ� බහුමණ්ඩල
ලේකම් ලිය�ෝ� ලයන් කේසරි සෙනෙවිරත්න ,ලිය�ෝ� 306 A2
osia;%sla සභාපති ලිය�ෝ� ලයන් කළිදු දිසානායක ඇතුළු ලංකාවේ
නන් දෙසින් පැමිණි ලිය�ෝ�වරුන් අභිමුව ලිය�ෝ� සමාජයේ
අපගෙම සහ�ොදරයන් කණ්ඩායමක් ගීත ගයමින් දෙසවන්
පිනවද්දී තවත් කණ්ඩායමක් නර්තනයන් නෙත් පිනවමින්ද
අනෙක් කණ්ඩායම රංගනයෙන් සහය වෙමින් ද ලිය�ෝ� පැදුර
වර්ණවත් කල�ෝ�ය. ආරාධිත ලිය�ෝ� සමාජ ගැයුම් වැයුම් හපනුන්
මෙහිදී තම හැකියාවන් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමද තවත් එක් විශ�ේෂත්වයක්
විය.
ම�ොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ලිය�ෝ� සමාජයේ අපගේ හැකියාවන් විදහා දැක්වීමට අනගි
ත�ෝ�තැන්නක් වු ලිය�ෝ� පැදුර නිමාව සනිටුහන් කළ�ේ කාගෙ කාගේත් සිත් තුළ අමතක න�ොවන
මතක සටහන් රැසක් ඉතිරි කරමිනි.

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Mora Leos Cricket league 2018
The annual cricket match and get together is
a much anticipated event in UoM Leos’ diary,
a day in which all past and present Mora Leos
mingle with each other to enjoy a relaxing day
recalling past memories to renew the bond of
fraternity. The event was held on 14th January
2018 at Somaweera Chandrasiri ground,
Piliyandala from 9.00 a.m. onwards with the
participation of many old Leos and current Leos
representing generations carrying the legacy
of Mora Leoism. Among the participants were
Lion Kamal Senevirathne and multiple district
secretary Leo Lion Kesari Senevirathne.
The whole day was stunned with captivating

rounds of cricket tournaments followed by a joyful conclusion. The project

chairman Leo Kalpa Pathum had done a great deal of work to make the
whole event a success. All Leos who took part in witnessed a joyful day filled
with the amusement of having the split second rivalry among the brethren
some rare thing to be seen in hectic lifestyle.

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වසන්තය එනවා සත්තයි
දරදඬු ලී කඳන්..
ඉරිතලන හීතල...
පිපිරී බිඳ වැටෙන..
අසනි වැහි බීරම...
වෙව්ලා සන් කරන..
ග�ොළුවෙච්ච දෙත�ොලත...
හිරිගඩු පිපීගෙන..
වැලපේවී තුන්යම...
කුණාටුව ඉකිලමින්..
හිම කිනිති දියකර...
පහවේවි හීතල..
ඉවසපන් මේ ටික...
දිවයුරු උදාවී ..
සිනහවෙයි නෑ දුර ...
න�ොහඬා ඉදින් නුඹ..
වසන්තය අත ලඟ...
- මලිත් නානායක්කාර -

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Firm Stance Phase 3
Workshop on Photography & Photoshop
A photograph is the pause button of life. It captures a moment already gone
and let us to enjoy the feel within it forever. Photography is not only about
clicking the shutter. It combines with the art of editing a photo that embeds
a beauty and creativity to the hidden story.

With the objective of giving the knowledge to the interested and making
them skilled, a workshop on photography and Photoshop was conducted
by Leo Thilina Prasad, Leo Shiranga Wickramasinghe and Leo Chinthana
Wimalasooriya on 24th January at the University premises. There, a clear
introduction on camera and how to use it, and how to edit a photo with
Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop were well illustrated. The program
was concluded as a success with the hope that we laid a firm base to their
photography life.

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Navigation
Leadership is an art of motivating
a group of people to act towards
a common goal. “Navigation”
the leadership camp, which was
organized by the UoM Leos for the
students of Wp/Mt Halwala C.W.W.
Kannangara Maha Vidyalaya was an
effort to sharpen the leadership skills
of the students. It was held on 20th
and 21st of January at the school
premises.
Day one consisted of two seminars
under the themes of sex education and
drug prevention. The drug prevention
program was organized under the
“Pahasara Hetak” project series to
aware the students about bad effects
of drugs.
In the evening, leadership activities
were done in groups. Finally, day
one was concluded with a campfire. On the other day, students actively
participated on a hike and they experienced adventurous events at the top
of the mountain. The project was concluded after the prize giving. We hoped
that the project will become a ladder to broaden the students’ personal and
inter personal skills.

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No risk? No reward!
“You cannot swim for new horizons, until you have the courage
to lose the sight of the shore”
-William Faulkner -

As William Faulkner says, if you are afraid to step into the ocean, and swim far leav-
ing the shore, thinking that you’ll be drown at the middle, you will never be able to
see the beauty of a new horizon. That simply says, if you want to succeed in life, you
have to take risks and face challenges that can change your life and as well as others’.
Most of the successful stories in the world have a tough beginning. If any of them
were afraid to face those challenges, he or she would not be there to talk as, a world
famous exemplary character. It’s true that there is uncertainty till you achieve the
target. Not every attempt you make is a success. So, the challenge you have is, to
make it certain and a success. It’s not important whether it is your first attempt or
hundredth attempt. What everyone sees is your success, not the risks you face or
the challenges you overcome. But, those risks and challenges are there to make
yourself grown and strong, for the next chapters in life you are moving on.
Sometimes the world may not be with you on your way to success. They may not
care about you, probably laugh at you or try to put yourself down. But once you
reach the point of success alone, where many of the people fail to reach, they will
all listen to your story and praise you. Therefore, never be afraid to take a risk and
walk in a path that no one has ever gone, if you are certain that it will make your life
better and as well as others’. So, make sure to teach your heart and brain that there
are no rewards without risks.

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Editors Note
UoM Leos has always been a spirited group of
young souls striving hard to achieve the prime
goals of Leoism. UoM Leos relish the pinnacle
of success and prosperity hymned by many.
We Leos always do exert a relentless effort to
enhance and add colour to the lives of people
while sharpening leadership traits through
limitless experiences gained by measureless
opportunities. It is indeed a privilege to address Leo Anushka Umayanga
you all through our official newsletter “It’s us” and (Editor)
to humbly eulogize the deeds we could do in the name humanity throughout the
past month of January.
Last month we were truly blessed with remarkable projects like Navigation,
Firm stance phase 3, Leo Padura and Cricket match and get together which
united all Leos and enjoy a moment amidst hectic schedules and “Kolomthotin
Yalpanamata” project paving way towards a stronger reconciliation in between
the north and the south. So this is the right time to take a split second to thank
all who spared their much worthy time on serving to make flourish our goals. At
the same time we will be much pleased and thankful to see your comments and
suggestions regarding what we’ve done in order to shape up our projects and
missions to render our service in a broader scope.
We are looking forward to share our experiences of upcoming events through
monthly newsletters. Stay with us and witness the imperial legend of eminence...

Leo Chamindi Leo Supimi Leo Shirmila Leo Narmada Leo Shanika Leo Jayanga
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