Husband: Ma... if it is still brown-out later at night, I guess I would need to buy some gas. What do you think? I'll make it full tank. Then we make the baby sleep in the car.

Mother-in-law: And so how much is a full tank of gas?

Husband: A thousand pesos, about that.

Mother-in-law: What if the lights don't come back until the next two days.

Husband: Or we can all go to Sogo and rent a room there. A room just cost about 500 pesos.

Me (thinking): Does your mother know what Sogo is? And an overnight for a 500 pesos in Sogo? Whites lies are sometimes good... I know...