Jenson Button is the new world champion!!

Jenson Button has made it. He is the new world champion of Formula One. The most prestigious award in the world of motorsport. The 2009 F1 season is not complete yet but he has already secure enough point for him to seal the title for himself.

Jenson Button is not a new name to F1. Compared to his fellow British driver, Lewis Hamilton (2008 F1 champion), he can be considered as a veteran. He started his F1 career back in 2000. Back then, he was not a favourite to win. He was an underdog on the track.

I still remember when he was with BAR Honda team in 2003-2005 seasons. His car always break down. He could hardly finished his race during that seasons. Due to that, during his interview with Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear season 8 episode 8, Jeremy quite frankly made fun of him. But he was very adamant that one day he will be there. And today, he made his point.

Congratulations Button. I adore you. Because my love for motorsport and because of your courage.

You should never meet your childhood heroes

Have you heard the above phrase? It is actually meant to ensure that we won't be disappointed to learn that our heroes is not as heroic as we thought he or she is. Change the word 'heroes' to 'dreams' in that phrase and I think in some ways it is absolutely true. I am sure that everybody had experienced a certain occasion when our dream is not as what we potrayed it is.

The reason why the phrase is true is simple. We are human being. We cannot see what's around the corner. It is like driving a car without the help of Garmin GPS system. We're just guessing that our destination is on the next junction. And if it is there, we are very lucky. The only difference is that in real life, we cannot simply reverse when we realize that we've entered the wrong junction. We must keep on going and try to find the shortest route to the right junction. By the time we hit the right juction, we shall encounter some casualities. It will cost us more time and money when we are in the wrong junction.

There is a very good reason why we made such a wrong justification. It goes back to the above phrase. It's because we just see what we want to see. Our mind is usually clouded. Clouded by our childhood heroes.