The Proposal

For our reading time before bed last night, Koy picked My First Bible which retells the stories of the Bible with illustrations for kids. Before we started our reading, we had this conversation (translated to English):

"Ma, when I grow up, I want to be a priest"

"Sure"

"I will be a priest but I will still live with you"

"Oh no, baby, when you become a priest you will be where your church is. That will be your home. Just like Uncle Fr. Noni, his church is in Rome so he lives there. But you can always ask us to come with you wherever you will be assigned."

"Why does it have to be like that?"

"Because that's just the way it is."

Then we started reading about The Creation.

Just thought I'd write this one here so if ever the angels like his idea and give it a push, I would have something to share during his Ordination Party. LOL!

Picture Notes: Boz circa 2007 in Numancia, Aklan

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The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010

The rankings is out! The Philippines ranked no. 87.

The 30th edition of The Global Competitiveness Report series continues to stand out as one of the world's most comprehensive and respected assessment of countries' competitiveness. Produced in collaboration with leading academics and a global network of research institutes, The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 provides users with a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and weaknesses related to national competitiveness using the Global Competitiveness Index as the main methodology. In addition to statistical data the index also features data from the Executive Opinion Survey carried out by the World Economic Forum. The 2009 Survey captures the perceptions of over 13,000 business leaders from the featured 133 economies. Visit www.weforum.org/gcr for the full report.

ASEAN countries comparative rankings based on the Global Competitiveness Report for 2008-2009 vs. 2009-2010:

Country	Global Competitiveness Ranking
	2008-2009	2009-2010
Brunei Darussalam	39	32
Cambodia	109	110
Indonesia	55	54
Lao PDR*	-	-
Malaysia	21	24
Myanmar*	-	-
Philippines	71	87
Singapore	5	3
Thailand	34	36
Vietnam	70	75
* not rated

Among the 10 ASEAN Countries, we're consistently at the bottom 2 of the countries rated. And from a ranking of 71 in 2008-2009, we backslided and landed on the 87th spot for 2009-2010. Something for presidential candidates to consider, eh?