Finally It's Over! :-D

Well, as if to add another challenge to the not-so-easy to understand 4 segments Burrell & Morgan Sociological Paradigms which is an integral reference when you are taking Research Methodology, we are required to put up a presentation on how well we understand the overall methodology.  So, as it was when presentation is required, you will feel uneasy (keeps nagging at the back of your mind) until it is done with. At least that was what I felt for the past few weeks after receiving the topic of the presentation.

I considered I am very fortunate to have group members who are dedicated and can't bear to let the group down! We discussed and argued (again and again - fortunately, we are also very critical!) and asked ourselves questions that might be asked by our fellow course mates and the Lecturer in charged.

So, panicked we all were when we arrived at Dalhousie building.  We ran our presentation one last time and then tried calming ourselves down - Wang Xi by walking to the Union, me by making the trip to the vending machine for latte, Vivien by walking around to get a breather and Fidelix concentrating of his part of his presentation. And, you can judge how panicky we were - we arrived 2 hours before the presentation started.

Today, we have four groups presenting. And here are the photos :

Lawrence & Soham - thumbs up! One team mate didn't turn up but, well The Show Must Go On!

Topic : Anomalous Evidence on the Dividend Annual Effect

My Group - Wang Xi, Myself (controlling the slides), Fidelix and Vivien

Topic : The Market Impact of Corporate Alliance Announcements : Value-Weighted versus Equally-Weighted Portfolio Returns

My turn, hoping the others didn't think it's a lullaby. I am talking paradigms & hypotheses!

Mobelix, Asheek & Prashant : Listening to Dr Boulkeroua's questions

Topic : Why UK Companies Hedge Interest Rate Risk

Albert, Omar & Nicole. Albert is explaining his point of view on the Pre & Post Performances of Takeover Companies  

Topic : Does Operating Performance Increase Post Takeover for UK Takeovers? A Comparison of Performance Measures and Benchmarks.

At the end of it, all of us were very glad that Dr. Boulkeroua was giving a real good comments to us all. It will really boost our confidence for quite some time. Thank you!!! :-D

And now, we can concentrate on preparing the Literature Review for our respective dissertation. And of course : EXAMMMMM!