ARTS & CULTURE
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 13
The Obiter goes abroad
No. 2 – Mari Hotta in Singapore
marie park › arts & culture editor
T
his week, the Obiter travels to the citystate of Singapore. Among other places
in the world, Singapore is a truly unique
and vibrant destination; as a major international financial hub, it has seen rapid globalization and modernization, yet it has a rich heritage.
Last year, Osgoode grad Mari Hotta went to study at
the National University of Singapore (NUS), and she
shares her exchange experience with us in this issue
of TOGA.
“I’m Mari, originally from the U.S. and Japan, and
moved to Canada when I was 17,” she began.
Mari had good reasons to go to Singapore for her
exchange. Firstly, she had never visited Southeast
Asia. Also, though South America was an attractive
choice, the semesters there