25: Number of Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) as of December 2009. The 25th SEAG was held on December 9 to 18 in Vientiane, Laos, the first time the country hosted the event.
11: Number of countries that competed in the 2009 SEAG.
370: Total number of medals at stake in the 2009 SEAG.
251: Number of athletes who represented the Philippines at the 2009 SEAG.
22: Number of events that the Philippines competed in, out of a total of 25 sporting events.
38: Total number of gold medals won by Team Philippines in the 2009 SEAG, finishing in fifth place out of 11 nations. The country finished in sixth place in the 2007 SEAG in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand with 41 gold medals.
2005: The last year that the Philippines hosted the SEAG.
2: Number of years in-between SEAG competitions.
Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sources: olympic.ph, ocasia.org, nytimes.com, PDI Archives