NOVEMBER 2021 ISSUE

THE ICON
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
LEO CLUB OF POLGASOWITA

Happy
Diwali
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Contents
The Cover Story- 02 Leo of the month- 13
කියවල හිතට ගන්න වටිනා පුංචි Project Diaries - 14
කථාවක්- 03 A2 con-17
Aloha - 05 General meeting-20
තනි මංසල- 09 Foodie Gummy - 28
Our Leos - 10 A message from the editorial panel - 30
 THE COVER
STORY

DIWALI

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 Aloha
Leo

Gayami Weerasinghe
DIRECTOR – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
OF LEO CLUB OF POLGASOWITA

First and foremost, I'd like to thank Leos

of Polgasowita for the opportunity to
contribute to ICON the Monthly
Newsletter. .

How did you start your journey as a

Leo?
It all started with a message on the university
What leadership qualities that you have
group by Leo chanya. With the exhaustion of the
discovered as being necessary to be
studies I really needed an exit from all that. So
successful as a Leo?
myself and chanakya thought that this would be a
Personally, I believe it’s people skills and
really great way to have a little time away from all
communication. Since this is a volunteer
the law stuff. so that message on the thread
movement, getting along with people is
made me join Leo. But what made me stay this
mandatory. We all have that comfort zone people
long is a different story.
and that's a different scenario but the skill that
you need to develop is that you need be able to
get along with each irrespective of their attitudes
and values. Try to respect each and every human
being.
And the next thing is communication. Whatever
you have, make sure you communicate it to your
fellow members. Because ideas lead to the
success of any movement and trust me whenever
you think it's not that good don't get disheartened
and keep it to yourself, communicate it. Believe
me once your idea is executed you will get the
thought that “aparadene mn kiwwe nathnm”

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 Aloha
What were the hardships that you had to
overcome in this journey?
I really can't recall any hardships that I

encountered. But then again for me it was all about

doing something that I enjoy so there cannot
possibly be any hardships in that regard.

What would you say, has been your

greatest accomplishment in Leo life?
Definitely the friendships that I have acquired
throughout these years.

What is your advice to the Leos of

Polgasowita?
As a fellow polgas my most important advice
to you all is do what you love and enjoy it in
every step of the way. Go out from your
comfort zone, explore the possibilities, develop
What has been your greatest failure?
your skills and always always try to be a
What is the lesson you learn from it?
person whom you can be proud of. But also
Usually I am a very positive person so honestly I
make sure that you become a good human
don't think there are any failures or regrets.
being with compassion in your heart.
Moreover this is a volunteer movement where
you can be anything you want. So what could
possibly go wrong?

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 Aloha
Leo Jeeshan Gunathunga

DIRECTOR – PR OF LEO CLUB OF

GODIGAMUWA

First of all I would like to thank the editorial

team to inviting me to this interview. I’m really
grateful to be a part of this amazing
newsletter.
What leadership qualities that you have
How did you start your journey as a
discovered as being necessary to be
Leo?
successful as a Leo?
One day Vihan, our own district vice president
To discover our own leadership qualities, I believe,
called and asked me to come to his house. That
first we have to grab every opportunity we can get,
day I didn’t know it was going to be the beginning
and we need to gain more experience. Leo
of my leo life. At that time, we were working on
movement helped me a lot to identify the qualities I
the 14th installation of Leo club of godigamuwa
have.
and it was the first ever leo event of my life. That
By working on the club projects, I was able to learn
day I got the opportunity to become a member of
how to work with other people, how to use the
Godigamuwa leo family. This was in 2017 and it
resources we have, how to manage the time and
was right after my A/Ls. We used to go for every
how to conduct the project perfectly until the end.
project that other clubs had and sometimes I
Not only that, I got the chance to learn about the
didn’t know what the project was until we go
administration prospective such as how to make a
there. In the first year as a leo, I got the
project report, how to maintain a treasure report
opportunity to organize many projects which gave
etc. I think these qualities and facts helps to make
me the foundation to become a good leo. So, I
a great leader. I’m glad I had all of these
can proudly say my leo carrier was started mainly
opportunities because of leo.
because of the friendship we had with each other.
. What were the hardships that you had to
overcome in this journey?
As we all know most of our projects we organized,
happens on weekends. Most of us have works on
weekdays and then when the weekend comes, we
go to club projects. Once weekend comes, my mom
always said to me “අදත් යනවද කොහේ හරි? අදත්
මොකක් හරි project එකක්ද?”. That was in the first
years of my leo life. With the time it turned to “අද
මොනවත් projects නැද්ද?”. They saw how leo
helped me to improve myself with time and they
also helped me to achieve the things I’ve achieved
today in leo.

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Aloha
closest clubs to Godigamuwa club and to the
What would you say, has been your
greatest accomplishment in Leo life?
here to help you and don’t hesitate to take
Leo is the place where I found my hidden
capabilities and my skills. Right after the
Jeewana Yathra 2019 – Ampara , I got the
chance to create the after movie. At that time I
didn’t know anything about video editing or
anything related to videos. But since I had to
create the video, I started learning about that
and I was able to create a good video finally,
which everyone liked. From that point I never
stopped learn about content creation. Today I
was able to make this content creation, one of
my earning methods. I’m forever grateful for
that because leo is the place where I found that
skill.
Apart from that, another great accomplishment
in leo life is to find friends like family. From the
day one we met, every one of them became
good friends who are one call away. Also, this
taught me how to be a human being among
others while achieving our own goals and
helping the ones who needs it.
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What is your advice to the Leos of
Polgasowita?
First of all I would like to thank the editorial
team to inviting me to this interview. I’m really
grateful to be a part of this amazing
newsletter.
I can say leo club of polgasowita is one of the
Leo District. Leo club of polgasowita has
produced great leaders not only to the district
but also to the multiple. I believe they always
their advice. Always try to make this world a
better place as much as you can and grab
every opportunity you can get to improve
yourself as well. I would like to wish all the
Leos of leo club of Polgasowita a very
successful journey ahead.
What has been your greatest failure?
What is the lesson you learn from it?
I believe mistakes are the main thing which
makes a great outcome at the ends. Through
mistakes we learn what needs to be
improved, what are the rights and the wrongs
and what methods we need to use to achieve
the final result. Do you know that Thomas
Alva Edison has failed more than 1000 times
before he invent the light bulb. But finally, he
was able to create something that whole
world needs.
As I can remember one of my failures
includes a final semester exam in the
university. Since I didn’t work hard for it, I
didn’t get the final result I wanted. But after
that I learned how to achieve the best path
from what I got. Since that I’m working on
that path to achieve the best I can.
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 බලා වැලපෙමි නෙලාගනු බැරි
හන්තාන සිහිනේ
දරා නෙත් අග දොවා සිත් මල
ගොතනු මැන ළඳුනේ
සංසාර සිහිනේ.....//

වැහි පබළු යට රඟමඩල මැද

ඔබේ දෑතේ තුරුළු වෙන්නට
බිසෝ හැරගිය ළසෝ රඟහල
අමාවක අඳුරේ
නොයනු මැන ළඳුනේ...

බලා වැළපෙමි නෙළාගනු බැරි

හන්තාන සිහිනේ
දරා නෙත් අග දොවා සිත් මල
ගොතනු මැන ළඳුනේ
සංසාර සිහිනේ.....//

වඩින තුරු සඳ දුරින් ඉන්නම්

තරු ඇදුරු පෙම් ගී අහන්නම්
සොඳුරු ඒ සඳ දියේ එන්නම්
ඉඳිනු මැන සොඳුරේ
හන්තාන අරණේ.....//

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 Our Leos
LEO NETHNI PERERA
FULL NAME
Nethni Vehara Sanadi Perera
AGE
22
PLACES I'D LIKE TO
VISIT:
wherever I feel happy Specially
seas and Mountains
SCHOOL
Anula Vidyalaya , Nugegoda

HIGHER EDUCATION
& INSTITUTE
Undergraduate in Bachelor of
Education (Hons) in English
Institute: CINEC Campus
SCHOOL& EXTRA
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
AND ACHIEVEMENTS
WHY I JOINED
LEO?
I joined LEO because I felt it is
a good place to empower
leadership skills and most
importantly it is a good place to
make new friends who are
doing various of things that I
can get inspire and develop my
self to contribute betterment to
the society.
SO FAR IN LEO, I HAVE...
Hence I’m new to the club they have provided me a
chance to join several projects like ‘ABLE’ and they
got me a chance to join to the editorial team which is
amazing and I got to chance to meet new friends. I
hope to actively participate more projects in future.

Anula Vidyalaya , Nugegoda

Swimming and Badminton
player
Senior Prefect
Naval Cadet Crops
Committee member of
Science Society

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 Our Leos
LEO SAHAN MADHAWA

FULL NAME
Sahan Madhawa Somathilaka
AGE
26
PLACES I'D LIKE TO
VISIT:
Temples and Nuwara Eliya

SCHOOL
Rahula college Matara

CURRENTLY WORKING
Production Engineer - Ethical Extract (pvt) LTD

HIGHER EDUCATION EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

& INSTITUTE
Bsc (Hons) Mechatronic Engineering
in General Sir John Kotelawala
Defence University
Diploma in Pharmeceutical Science
in Ceylon Medical council
Diploma in English in MES campus
IN SCHOOL LEVEL
Rahula college Matara
Captain & player of Rahula College
cricket team
Member of the Rahula college science
society
Member of the Rahula college media
unit
Member of “Rahal kavi sansadaya”
Member of Rahula College innovation
club
Chief organizer of “vidyabhimani
2014”

Achievments
Most outstanding player of southern
Cricket League
Runners up of whole island drama
competition

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 LEO SAHAN MADHAWA

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

IN UNIVERSITY LEVEL

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence

University
Player of General Sir John
Kotelawala Defence University
cricket team
Player of General Sir John
Kotelawala Defence University
Tennis team
Member of the
Electrical,Electronic and Achievements
Robotic Innovation Club in Champions of the RCL
General Sir John Kotelawala Cricket tournament
Defence University Runners up of SLIIT
Member of Rotaract Club of Robofest 2018 (Inter
General Sir John Kotelawala University Category)
Defence University Runners up of the EPL
Cricket tournament
(Captain and Best
Bowler of the Series)
WHY I JOINED LEO?
It has a good opportunity to develop into humanitarians and leaders. Leo club is help
for young men and women to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in
personal development, to address the physical needs of their communities and to
promote better relations between all peoples through a frame work of friendship and
service.

"I am hoping to Make new

friends and help for social

services"

SO FAR IN LEO, I HAVE

Leo club is help to develop our peoples
and environments through their
projects. So I think my dream there

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 LEO
OF THE

MONTH!

Congratulations!

Leo Gimhan Ranasinghe

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PROJECT
DIARIES
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2021

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 Street
PROJECT
pooch DIARIES
2.0 MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021

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 PROJECT
DIARIES

MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021

‘’Knowledge is life with wings’’

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 A2 CON ’21
EMINANCE OF INNOVATION

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 GENERAL
MEETING
MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021

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 IE GU

FOOD

MM
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LET'S GET READY FOR THE
FESTIVE SEASON WITH

Christmas Cookies

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 A MESSAGE
FROM THE
EDITORIAL PANEL

"A picture is NOT worth a thousand words since there

never will be enough words to describe some beautiful
memories and pictures that Leos of Polgasowita as a
cluster of individuals have achieved. Trust us, we as the
editorial Panel of Leo Club of Polgasowita are well
aware as we are required to be the eyes and ears of
the clubs as well district activities ranging from small
scale projects to large scale projects.
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Being a Leo gives you the opportunity to be the guiding
light to individuals in times of darkness and most of all
it gives you the chance to mould your personality to be
a better you.
As you flip through each page, we hope that each one
of you will witness, as we have, the various aspects of
colorful events that we as a team accomplished, and
that it will become more and more cherish able with
the passing of time, a time we worried less and smiled
more! The experiences and the memories we have made,
while creating this reminiscence, now make us smile!
We would like to thank everyone who contributed in
making this newsletter an appealing one."
-Editorial Team

Leo Lithira Mallikarachchi Leo Nethni Perera

Chief Editor
Leo Nirodha Liyanage Leo Parami Mallawaarachchi Leo Sahan Madhawa

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 Wear a mask
Wearing a mask will reduce the
potential for transmission of the
COVID-19 virus by 5%

Wash your hands

Wash your hands with soap,
5 TIPS TO AVOID especially when you have just
finished interacting with other

COVID-19
people

Vaccinate yourself
Immediate vaccination in a
way that is recommended by
the local government

Take vitamins
Consuming vitamins that can
strengthen the body's
immunity, such as vitamin D-
5000

Excercise
Exercise regularly within one
week. Weightlifting is a priority
over cardio

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 MONTHLY MOTIVATION

WALT DISNEY
American entrepreneur

"All our dreams can come true if

we have the courage to pursue
them."

polgasowitaleos@gmail.com

@LeoClubOfPolgasowita

@polgasowitaleos

Leo Club of Polgasowita

www.polgasowitaleos.org
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