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Time passes very quickly and after several days, it was time to say goodbye to Sydney, Australia. Our last day was our flight to Manila, Philippines so we woke early to prepare for our afternoon flight. 

Since it was our last day, I cooked our leftover ham and hotdog and we need to eat and drink all the complimentary breakfast like the bread, fruits, milk and juice, para walang sayang. 

We check out at Hyde Park Inn around 8:30AM and we arrived at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport three hours before our flight. Unfortunately, all check in counters were still closed, as in we didn’t know where to fall in line, nagkahalo-halo na yung pila ng mga airlines to Manila. Our flight was 12NN and past 10AM na kami nakapagcheck-in and because of that, sobrang nagmamadali kami. 

Immigration is via Smartgates so you just need to scan your passport + facial recognition and that’s it. My son and I were able to pass through Smartgates but my husband needs to go to Manual Passport Control Counter because for some reason, hindi nareread passport niya doon sa Smartgates. After that, we went straight to our boarding gate just to make sure kung malapit ba or malayo and if we still have time to eat. 

My husband went to “The House”, this is the complimentary lounge of Philippine Airlines at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport. He just ate here and we will meet na lang ulit sa boarding gate. 

My son and I just ordered the boxed meal at KFC, the meal includes Original Tenders, Popcorn Chicken, Fries, Mashed Potato and Drink + additional drink. Food is around 22AUD. PHP800+ na yang isang meal. 

After eating, we went to Think Sydney and Pharmacy to buy some souvenirs before going to the boarding gate. Nagmamadali pa kami pero delayed naman pala flight namin. Tapos, boarding took a long time pa because we need to ride bus. 

After 8 hours, we were back to Manila. End of vacation and back to reality. 

I discovered that Grandparents’ Day started in 1965 and Poland was the first country to celebrate it. The date varies per country and here in the Philippines, it is celebrated every second Sunday of September since 1987. Grabe ang tagal na noh pero kelan lang ako naging aware. 

I no longer have grandparents so I decided to make a card for my mom. Using the Peg Doll Family Creator, I mixed and matched the elements so I could personalize this card. A picture of my mom with six grandchildren. The font is Happy Heart. Another option is printing the card and putting it on a photo frame. 

This is a simple printable card. I printed, die cut, and attached the design to my card base. This is my entry for Bee Happy Weeklies Week 36: Grandparents.

Anyway, last year I was stressed because my son’s school celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in advance, so I was cramming to finish my craft project, Gnome Teacher Easel Cards. So this year, ayaw ko na mastress so I made my Teacher’s Day cards earlier than expected.

I purchased this Teacher Thank You Card Bundle a few years ago and I already cut this design two years ago. You can check the Teacher Insert Cards here. 

This year, I used the same design but I changed the design to draw because I wanted to color the design. You can purchase the bundle or if you have a Cricut Access Subscription, it is also available there.