{"id":98046,"date":"2026-11-07T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T01:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98046"},"modified":"2026-11-07T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T01:07:19","slug":"matilda-taos-spore-home-has-electricity-cut-off-after-she-fails-to-pay-bill-had-to-ask-neighbour-to-help-pay-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98046","title":{"rendered":"Matilda Tao’s S’pore Home Has Electricity Cut Off After She Fails To Pay Bill, Had To Ask Neighbour To Help Pay First"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Imagine living in a foreign country and suddenly having the electricity cut off at home.<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what happened to Taiwanese host Matilda Tao<\/a> and her family in Singapore.<\/p>\n

And the reason? She hadn’t paid the electricity bill.<\/p>\n

Oops.<\/p>\n

The 57-year-old host recently recalled the rather embarrassing incident, which happened after she moved to Singapore in 2024 with her son, Li Wu, 17, who attends an international school here.<\/p>\n

Matilda, who also enrolled in the Chinese EMBA programme<\/a> at the National University of Singapore<\/a> (NUS) earlier this year, admitted that settling into life here wasn’t quite as straightforward as she’d expected.<\/p>\n

Especially when it came to paying the bills.<\/p>\n

“When we first got [to Singapore], I was confused about a lot of things. I was thinking: ‘Why does it feel like I never paid the electricity bills?'” she laughed.<\/p>\n

As Matilda and her husband, Taiwanese actor Li Liren<\/a>, took turns travelling to Singapore to accompany their son, she eventually returned to Taiwan while Liren stayed here.<\/p>\n

Their daughter, 19-year-old Lilian<\/a>, is currently studying in the US.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it was during Liren’s stay that the unpaid electricity bill finally caught up with the family.<\/p>\n

And let’s just say, he got quite the surprise.<\/p>\n

“When I got home after school, I opened the door and saw my father lying on the sofa,” said Li Wu. “I asked him what he was doing, and he replied: ‘Your mother didn’t pay the electricity bill’.”<\/p>\n

Yes, Dad was apparently left sitting at home without electricity because Mum hadn’t settled the bill.<\/p>\n

And with no power at home, Liren and Li Wu eventually had to check into a hotel.<\/p>\n

Talk about an unexpected staycation.<\/p>\n

Recalling the incident in an interview with zaobao.sg<\/a>, Matilda found the whole situation “really hilarious”.<\/p>\n

“I kept looking for the bill but couldn’t find it, and I didn’t know how to pay it. I didn’t expect the electricity to be cut off just like that,” she said.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, a helpful neighbour eventually came to the family’s rescue.<\/p>\n

After learning that their electricity had been cut off, the neighbour paid the outstanding bill on Matilda’s behalf.<\/p>\n

She subsequently transferred the money back to them.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s one neighbour you’d definitely want to have around.<\/p>\n

And it seems Matilda won’t have to worry about another electricity bill mishap involving her son anytime soon.<\/p>\n

She joked that Li Wu has since moved into a hostel, so paying the household electricity bills is no longer something she needs to worry about.<\/p>\n

As for Matilda, she continues to split her time between Taiwan and Singapore, returning here for two weeks every other month to attend her EMBA classes.<\/p>\n

Perhaps someone should show her how to set up automatic bill payments, just in case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n