bolt? 10mm?

Kind of unexpected that Alex asked me out today. He was on leave and wanted to go to town to look at winter clothes and buy bolts for his new finger board. Hmm went to Outdoor Specialist, and surprisingly the uncle wasn't having pms. I was super happy/sian when I saw the collection of climbing equipment there.. to be exact they sell more Black Diamond gear than Allsports, and their BD runner is only at $35.. where else can you find that price? Sheeesh feeling a bit dumb why I didn't buy my carabiner from Outdoor Specialist. Allsports don't have the BD pearabiner which I have been eyeing on for a few years! Now I feel like quite dumb when people mix up my Faders HMS as SAFRA property... ok out of point, Alex got the 4 expansion anchor and 10mm bolts, which we shall see how interesting they will get.

Then we went to check out the winter wear cos Alex will be going to Japan. Actually Outdoor Specialist offers him the Lafuma at $300... hmm... anyway we went to Adephi (where the staff ignored our presence), then Campers' Corner (where I showed him the $50 Nalgene bottle, and both agreed no point having that), then to Suntec (where we didn't quite like the staff at ColdWear). Guess what, we went to Toy's'rus to look at magic toys, and when we came out we saw a magic show! (2 twenty odd year old fella...)

We went to Alex's house, happying visualising how the finger board will be... ended up the bolts were too short and big. Feel a little funny that Wee Li didn't think of the bolts when he gave the finger board to Alex as birthday present. So we went back to Outdoor Specialist to change the bolts, but other than expansion bolt there wasn't any alternative. In the end Alex exchanged for a 36 bucks quick dry towel. So after that Alex drove me to Ang Mo Kio where we hoped to find the bolt in the hardware shop. No luck.

He must be feeling sad. Anyway I checked my catalogues, they SHOULD be 10mm. Your finger board must be made in China

(oh, feeling proud of myself, I gave up my seat to an old man on the bus)