My memory of Virginia - Thinking after reading Pocahontas

Hi, this is Moring.
I just finished to read Pocahontas of OBW1.
This is a beautiful story and also a sad story, isn't it?
But for me, this is a interesting story, because a stage of the story is Virginia.

I love the state of Virginia.
I had been Virginia five yeas ago. The city name I lived is Virginia Beach.
I stayed there for seven months and two weeks, and went to a massage school.
My class was small. It had only 12 students And all students except me
were American. Ofcause every lecture went on in English and normal speed.
In those days my English was very poor. Then I could understand only 10%
in a lecture. But all of my class mates are very kind and they helped me.
Then I passed all important tests.

Enery week day I went to school, but saturday and sunday were off.
And on every weekend I went to beach or riverside by my bike (a bike mean
a bycycle) with my friends. My best friend is Bob. He was 45 and older
than me about three years. He came from Massachusett (sorry, I don't know
exact spell) for school. And he lived country around the city, it 40 minutes
far by car from school. The place name is Pongo. Pongo is a indian name.
Also many places around the place he lived have Indian name.
Many times I visited his house. He brong my bike with his track.
And we gave massage each other. After that we enjoyed bike riding two or
three hours. That place was good country. There were fields. There were trees.
There were mountains. There were rivers. And there were fresh air.

Reading Pocahontas was remembered me this bike riding.

Thank you for reading.
See you.

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〉Hi, this is Moring.
Hi, Moring-san!　This is Chikuwa.

Sakai-sensei introduced me this message of yours.
Sakai-sensei and I talked about the song, “Country Road”
in the Square of Games (Hobbies)

You once lived in the state of Virginia, next to West Virginia.
I took a look at those states in my atlas (from my high school days).
I learned Virginia is a plain state and faces to the Atlantic Ocean. You said you enjoyed the beach.

West Virginia is a mountainous state.
I couldn’t find Blueridge Mountains and Shenando(sorry, I don’t know the spelling) River …
Is “Blueridge Mountains” a name of certain mountains? Or it means “blue ridge mountains"? I don’t remember …

Anyway you know the big, beautiful nature of the area, right?

And now, my abrupt question.
Do you like the song, “Country Road”, Moring-san?

When you sing the song, your song would be full of vivid feelings, I imagine.
You have the memories of the area, so your song could be “alive”.

I like singing the song very much, but I’m afraid mine is not so “alive”,
because I learned the words from a word card (lyrics).
I practiced singing the song in MY ROOM (but anyway I enjoyed it)!

Now I think the gap seems to be the same as the one between English through Tadoku-reading
and school English. I’m a little sad…

And yet, I like the song, “Country Road” very much! Moring-san! If we have a chance, why don’t we sing along the song one day? Along with Sakai-sensei !
(Or you would like Hard Rock music better?)

Thank you for your message about your days in the state of Virginia, and thank you for your reading!

The same to the readers.
See you!

Hi, Chikuwa-san. This is Moiring.
Thank you for your reply. And I'm sorry I answer late.

〉Sakai-sensei and I talked about the song, “Country Road”
〉in the Square of Games (Hobbies)
Is this a song what Jone Denver sang?

〉I learned Virginia is a plain state and faces to the Atlantic Ocean. You said you enjoyed the beach.
Yes. And I lived in a apartment two kiro meters far the beach.
I was looking for what sort of West Virginia.
Then I found the site of the Wonderful West Virginia Magagine. The address is;
http://www.wonderfulwv.com/

〉West Virginia is a mountainous state.
〉I couldn’t find Blueridge Mountains and Shenando(sorry, I don’t know the spelling) River …
〉Is “Blueridge Mountains” a name of certain mountains? Or it means “blue ridge mountains"?
By this site, as you said, West Virginia is a beautiful mountainous state.
I never had been West Virginia. But I had been in the west area of Virginia state.
That was only 8 days on December 1998. And the City name was Charlottesville.
There was almost mountain area. The air was cooler and clearer than Virginia Beach's.
That was on the east of big mountains, nameed Applachian. And the west side area is
West Virginia.
About Blueridge Moutain, I cannot that in West Virginia but North Carolina.
http://www.blueridgeonline.com/
North Carolina is a next state of West Virginia and Virginia.

〉Anyway you know the big, beautiful nature of the area, right?
Maybe, so.

〉And now, my abrupt question.
〉Do you like the song, “Country Road”, Moring-san?
Yes. But I cannot sing in English.

〉When you sing the song, your song would be full of vivid feelings, I imagine.
〉You have the memories of the area, so your song could be “alive”.
I don't know. But I may be good at sing songs.

〉I like singing the song very much, but I’m afraid mine is not so “alive”,
Oh, don't warry that. Practices may make you good.

〉I practiced singing the song in MY ROOM (but anyway I enjoyed it)!
Let's try at another room, named Karaoke-room.

〉Now I think the gap seems to be the same as the one between English through Tadoku-reading
〉and school English. I’m a little sad…
I think so. Then recently I bought a cassett and CD of children songs.
Its name is "WeeSing 25th Anniversary Celebration". This includse many
children songs that I know their music lines. But I don't know almost phrases.
And I cannot get words of them even after I had listened it 10 times.
Any way, I think listening and singing children songs is good practice for
singing adult songs.

〉And yet, I like the song, “Country Road” very much! Moring-san! If we have a chance,
〉why don’t we sing along the song one day? Along with Sakai-sensei !
Yes. I like that.

See you and good reading!