A New Rightful Owner FOR THE s2000!
Author: Kai Her - June 16th, 2024
I wasn’t too sure on how I would start this blog. Unlike a coverage, or revealing what I have modified on the S2000 over the years, I guess it’ll be like a short autobiography about a certain part of my life. My purpose of creating “Xplicit Projects” was to demonstrate my transparency of how much time I have committed to the build of my S2000 disclosing to many of the questions I get bombarded with via social media (i.e. Instagram, Facebook, etc.). While at it, I thought it would be pleasant to simultaneously utilize my camera to capture and write coverages about the multiple car shows I attended yearly to exemplify what I have see in my own perspective.
As much as I would like to entertain in creating humorous experiences for you or whether it is to convey you about my opinionated thoughts about a certain item or product, my goal is to simply inform. So, I hope that was what I was able to capture through this site. If I didn’t, and you enjoy visiting my site for different various reasons, I guess it’s fine as well. LOL! I just hope whatever I am trying to perform on here creates a safe space for you or allows you to decompress from your own personal situations for a good moment (while reading) before traveling back to your own reality.
My site is gradually growing and I am glad that it’s because of you guys; that is why I continually spend most of my leisure time to get back online and write blogs rather than gaming or entertaining myself on Crunchyroll or Netflix. So I guess what I am trying to say is, I appreciate you all for allowing me to give myself some purpose in life to continually share and communicate.
If you have already read my Super Street feature from earlier last year, you’d probably know that my better half in the build history of the S2000 is my wonderful wife: Aimee. She has stuck with me through the thickest and thinnest part of my ups and downs with the S2000. Her countless affirmations and never wavering encouragement will always facilitate the best of what I can do, whether it’s with the S2000 or tackling through the many hurdles and personal obstacles in my life.
Without further ado, lend me your ears and allow my blog to speak to you a little bit about my love life and finally reveal the inheritor of my S2000!
Yes! You guessed it! The both of us are expecting and we are so excited to share the news! Every story is built upon another story so let’s take a trip down memory lane and how we made it this far!
Aimee and I met in our later high school years. She was a senior at a different high school whilst I was a junior at another school that was across town. Merced city is quite small, you can get across town with traffic within 20 minute tops. Our first encounter was back in summer school, however, till this day, she still denies not recalling who I was either than the fact that she remembered another “Asian boy” in the English 9 class we took together that summer. Near the end of our high school education was when we met each other again through a gathering between friends that knew each other.
We didn’t have feelings toward each other during this time. We reintroduced ourselves (even though I remember who she was) as she got off her parent’s Toyota Sienna. I don’t quite recall the very first day when I developed feelings for her, but it kind of just grew and resided there as we saw each other more. We hung out with each other frequently. I remember I would sneak into her drama class in college and observed her rehearsals then walked her back to her car (since the class ended at 10:00 p.m.). We’ll find ourselves shopping with together and slowly allowing each other to intrude into our own lives. As we both dove into our early semesters in college, I didn’t officially ask Aimee out until a hot summer day at my old high school parking lot.
I brought a portable DVD player and some boot legged movies as we sat in my Civic (EM1) and watched movies while eating popcorn and snacks with no air conditioner! LOL! I didn’t know how she was able to tolerate that. Now that I am reflecting about it, it must be my irresistible charm!
In college, our relationship soared; but I guess it’s near impossible to find a couple in a perfect relationship, right? Aimee and I hit plenty of bumps down the road as well. We took breaks to refocus on ourselves multiple times, engaged ourselves with other people, but somehow always found our way back to each other.
Fast forwarding to the end of college, we celebrated our accomplishments together as a couple and continually supported each other through our careers. She earned her Masters in Social Work and got hired immediately as I continued college and enrolled in the teaching credential program to earn the skills and requirement to gain my own classroom some day. (I acquired the S2000 in 2014)
I finally acquired my first classroom to teach English Language Arts to 7th and 8th graders in 2017. At this time, Aimee was jumping between jobs in different cities as I continued my residency in Merced.
As a car guy, it was tough managing my time and money with Aimee. Since she was in Sacramento and I was currently living with my sister and my brother in law in an apartment; we tried to spend time as much as possible during the weekends. Certain months, we’ll go a few weeks straight not seeing each other.
Fortunately, Aimee was never a materialistic person, she only desired our time together. That actually worked out very well for me, because I was able to still utilize my leisure spending not just to see or hang out with Aimee, but synchronously purchase car parts to build the S2000! That was a huge win for me and not the only reason why I later married her! LOL!
As we grew older to our late twenties, we knew it was time to take our relationship to the next level. Of course, I would love to marry Aimee. However, Aimee liked to think about the future. She’s a planner! We talked and expressed our genuine feelings about each other and what could happen in our future. We hashed about the compatibilities of our families, the baggage’s we’ll bring into our marriage, and a lot of other topics couples talk about before they say their “I do’s.”
Since we have matured and with a stable career to back us up economically and our relationship future goals, there was only one last thing to do; and that was to settle down and get married.
I drove Aimee up to a downtown parking garage where I took her out for our first date. As I drove up each tier of the garage, I reminded Aimee and myself about everything that transpired in our relationship. The flashbacks stormed into our hearts as we laughed and reminisced how far we’ve gone. Each tier of the parking garage represented a stage of our relationship and a hurdle we have out sailed.
As the we arrived to the top floor of the parking garage with the twinkling stars starring down upon us, I stated how we were both ready for the next chapter of our relationship. I took out a ring and proposed.
Aimee said, “yes,” as I slipped the ring onto her finger and the rest was history.
As we entered into our third year of marriage, we are both in immense pleasure to announce to you all we are expecting! Another chapter closes and a new and exciting one is about to embark! We are in joyful and anxious anticipation on how this next part of our life will unfold! One thing for sure is we cannot wait to see our baby girl!
What was that saying from Tom Hanks? “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” We all live in a world not knowing what is going to happen. We keep eating different chocolates until we find what satisfies us and go along with it to see where it’ll leads us. I’m glad Aimee and I chose each other and we hope the the next box of chocolates will pave many sugary and sweet moments for us and our little girl.
Well, there you have it! I’ll be handing the keys to my S2000 to my little girl! When she comes of age, I hope she grows up to be anything she sets her mind to. Whether it’s to become a professional circuit racer, a drifter, or open up a business selling over priced JDM parts, just know I’ll be there in every single step of the way even if Aimee disagrees. “Never cease in elevation, it’s a timeless pursuit,” little one.
If you actually read and made it to the end of this blog, I truly appreciate you not just wanting to know what occurred in my car life, but a little bit about my personal life as well. If you didn’t finish the blog, that’s no biggie. This type of blog is not for everyone and I know I wouldn’t capture the same audience like I have been able to before.
I’ll wrap up the blog here and let you know the S2000 is currently hovering in mid air without wheels temporarily. Sitting on jack stands on it’s corners, the S2000 is preparing for a little makeover before Wekfest San Jose. I finally got my truck fixed too. Since then, I have been using my brother’s truck or Aimee’s Camry to make runs to the hardware store to grab tools and bolts. So, it should be a lot easier now, since I won’t be bothering them anymore with my transportation needs.
It’s about 2 a.m. here and Aimee and I are flying out to our baby moon on Wednesday to Washington. I got an early morning tomorrow too as I get back to building a shed (to relocate and store our wedding gifts from inside the guest room) in order to begin nesting for baby’s arrival in a few months!
