Uh yeah, that might be a problem...

We met with our architect and engineer yesterday who broke the news to us that we don't have enough power to run everything we've installed in the hostel. Fantastic. This came as quite a surprise to us considering the electricity is all completely wired, the AC units, lights etc are all installed, and well, we know nothing about electricity. It has something to do with a dead wire, our building overloading the power grid as it is, and the engineer clearly not doing his job very well. Now we have to petition the power company for more power, which they'll likely deny us or make us pay thousands to update the building's system. Plans B-Z involve taking out AC units, controlling what people appliances can use or illegally sucking more power from the grid (I like the last option, but I'm not sure what the consequences are).

The good news is that we will open in March as planned, and this doesn't become a big issue until summer heats up. Hopefully we'll have a solution by then!