{"id":1901,"date":"2020-11-08T21:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T04:57:23","slug":"scaring-people-virtually-the-galloween-thoilaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1901","title":{"rendered":"Scaring People Virtually: \u201cThe Galloween Thoilaya\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Halloween is the best part of October. Kids waiting to collect their candy for the next few months, while young adults like us are getting ready to dress up as our own \u201cNightmares\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n But of course, all of this is cancelled because of a pandemic that has been haunting us for months. All of us are basically living in a terrifying nightmare these days. I think the best &#8216;costume&#8217; for this year\u2019s Halloween would be to dress up as the Coronavirus!\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8558744-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1909\" width=\"254\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8558744-1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8558744-1-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with all these troubles, Gavel UOC wasn\u2019t ready to just give up on having an amazing Halloween-themed meeting this year. As our 195th meeting, we thought of doing this in a different way. Since everything is \u201cvirtual\u201d these days, why not hold our Halloween-themed meeting virtually? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Gavel UOC took characters from Sri Lankan folklore to create teams and play all sorts of fun games at the meeting. We also had a couple of interesting posts created to introduce our team leaders (which I will definitely not share because I was one of them). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nToastmaster of the Day was \u201cThenuka Gurunnanse\u201d who introduced the theme and\nthe teams. The wonderful Round Robin session was conducted by GV Chandula,\nwhere everyone talked about the evil people they would like to put away and\nlock in a box FOREVER. Most people wanted to put away their batch mates and\nsome teachers whom they hated at school! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Table\nTopic session, which was also a game, was conducted by GV Thanushi. She had\nsome very interesting topics such as \u201cIf I was the manager of Hotel\nTransylvania\u201d, \u201cBeware, I\u2019m possessed by a vampire\u201d, to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the\ntable topic session, the Halloween games started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Mahasona Crew<\/li><li> The Jayarathne Florists <\/li><li> The Children of Yamaa <\/li><li> The Avathara Alliance <\/li><li> The Mohini Squad <\/li><li> The Reeri Yaka Republic <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These teams\ntook on the challenges very well and I must say that it turned out to be quite\ncompetitive than we had anticipated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first game\nwas Pictionary, where each team got a chance to draw something that was\nsuggested to them by our Gurunnanse, and the Reeri Yaka Republic led by GV\nAloka won the event. Game Number Two was \u201cGuess the movie\u201d. Everyone was shown\na series of clips from a few famous horror movies and the answers flowed in\nlike a tsunami in the chat room. Avathara Alliance dominated the game and\nplaced first on the scoreboard. The final game for the day, \u201cTwo Truths &amp; a\nLie\u201d, became an interesting one when everyone discovered that GV Dahami has two\nPET SNAKES at her place! Everyone forgot about the Halloween meeting for a\nmoment and started asking questions on what it&#8217;s like to share a roof with two\nsnakes. Luckily we were able to see the snake at the Plain-Tea session later in\nthe evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally \u201cGalloween\nThoilaya\u201d concluded with \u201cAvathara Alliance\u201d stealing the spot of the Winners\nwith the highest scores, and GV Bhanuka from \u201cReeri Yaka Republic\u201d being\ncrowned \u201cThe Most Convincing Yaka\u201d with his out-of-the-world Yaka costume.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" width=\"512\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all\nthe hardships, the Halloween meeting for the year 2020 (a nightmare itself)\nturned out to be a fun experience for all the stressed-out-home-in-quarantine\nGaveliers! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is the best part of October. Kids waiting to collect their candy for the next few months, while young adults like us are getting ready to dress up as our own \u201cNightmares\u201d. But of course, all of this is cancelled because of a pandemic that has been haunting us for months. 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