I am quite the nerd. Or bookworm, intellectual, whatever people call people who like to read. To me, the ultimate pleasure is found in snuggling up in bed with a good book, a warm cup of tea & oatmeal raisin cookies, fresh from the oven.

I love to read (to this day I wonder how I've managed to remain the only one in my family that doesn't have to wear specs), and that's the thing I miss doing ever since work started. The only reading I've been able to do is that of TODAY, albeit during the small pockets of time on the bus / MRT. But I indulged myself the other day, and went shopping in MPH, emerging with 2 books:

1) Memoirs of a Geisha (I refuse to watch the movie without reading the book first, so that my first impression remains pure and untainted by someone else's interpretation); and
2) Why You Act The Way You Do

And it's the 2nd book that I'm currently reading. As you may have guessed from the title, it's about the 4 famous temperaments (Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy & Phlegmatic), but applied with a Christian perspective. Somehow one can never get enough of reading personality-tests-&-types literature. Perhaps it's rooted in an inherent desire to be understood. But well, it's proven to be a fascinating read so far, and I think I've found my profile:

The ChlorMel
The choleric/melancholy is an extremely industrious and capable person. The
optimism and practicality of the choleric overcome the tendency towards
moodiness of the melancholy, making the ChlorMel both goal-oriented and
detailed. Such a person usually does well in school, possessing a quick,
analytical mind, yet is decisive. He develops into a thorough leader, the kind
whom one can always count on to do an extraordinary job. Never take him on
in a debate unless you are assured of your facts, for he will make mincemeat of
you, combining aggressiveness and attendance to detail. This man is extremely
competitive and forceful in all that he does. He is a dogged researcher and is
usually successful, no matter what kind of business he pursues. This temperament
probably makes the best natural leader...

Equally as great as his strengths are his weaknesses. He is apt to be
autocratic, a dictator type who inspires admiration and hate simultaneously. He
is usually a quick-witted talker whose sarcasm can devastate others. He is a
natural-born crusader whose work habits are irregular and long... He combines
the hard-to-please tendency of the choleric and the perfectionism of the
melancholy. When controlled by the Holy Spirit, however, his entire emotional
life is transformed and he makes an outstanding Christian. ...

I think one of my greatest weaknesses (or, more PC, "development needs") is in the area of sensitivity, or lack of, towards others. I tend to be more task- than people-oriented, and can get frustrated when people drag their feet in doing something that I believe passionately in. But I'm learning to demand less and listen & rally more, realising the need to keep on sharing vision rather than expecting people to automatically catch it after hearing it once.

Thank God for the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, that I can truly and honestly thank God for being weak, for "when I am weak, then I am strong".

His grace is sufficient for me, and His power made perfect in my weakness.