Pamela and Kochappan's breathing.

"Pamela Anderson got married''. That's the first thing I told him this evening. I was meeting kochapps after a week or so.

"Who is she?'' Kochappan asked me with tremendous dis interest.

''Famous actress of Hollywood like MarilynMonroe and Ursula Andress'', I related to two of the actresses of our generation. ''Now Ursula is 68 and Monroe has gone under the earth, probably inspiring cabbages there'', I completed.

"She was known as Ursula undress because in most of her films she used to shed her clothes without any provocation'', Kochappan stopped . His breathing became heavy. No, he is not an Asthma patient. It's the recollection of Ursula undress. He recovered from his recollection fairly quickly.

But I never guessed that he will lapse into another bout of breathlessness; it happened
when I showed him the photograph of Pamela Anderson. He had a look at it. Then he started gasping.

The next thing he asked me was a peg of Gin; as usual I served it Cordial ly.

''Marylin used to work a lot to do justice to her career. She used to sweat it out and 'Dramatic art', in her opinion, was filling her sweater. Pamela also belongs to that category of actresses who fill their sweater admirably well.'' The Gin had soothened Kochappan's nerves. '' What about her marriage?'' The question followed.

"Pamela Anderson is as misunderstood an actress as Urs undress. Pamela's mission in life is to provide people, in these days of hardship, some moments of entertainment which she does on and off screen. She is a path breaker and has done her lot to develop and encourage the younger generation''

'' Like what?'' he was getting interested in Pamela.

'' Like in her marriages. She always married people who are younger to her by at least 4 to 5 years'', I answered; in simple English.

'' Marriages? Youngsters?'' He couldn't understand the concept; it wasn't the English as I had thought.

''Yes. She married Rick Salomon, 32, 8 years younger to her, in Les Vegas last week. It was not that Rick was unmarried. His marriage with Paris Hilton was going bad. Paris Hilton, who is also Pam's friend, requested her to look after Rick and develop him to be a good husband. Pamela took upon this responsibility and got married to Rick, putting an end to her marriage with Tommy Lee. Meanwhile Paris Hilton got married to Jack Straw and is developing him.''

''Wait. Hold on,'' Kochappan interrupted me. ''Go slow. I am not able to catch up with the scenario fully. What is Paris Hilton? Who is Tommy Lee?''

''Paris Hilton is another actress who also belongs to the 'fill- the- sweater- school' of actresses;
not as much gifted as the other two, but striving hard.

Tommy Lee is another actor whom Pamela developed when his first marriage went to rocks.''

I looked at Kochappan. For the third time today I noticed his breathing becoming heavier.

I continued un mindfully, ''Pamela the path breaker turned up in a two piece bikini for her first marriage with Tommy, but appeared in a Jeans and shirt for the third one''.

''Third one? What about her second marriage?'' Kochappan's breathing was becoming heavier.

''There are no clear records or data available anywhere of her second marriage. Pamela herself has announced a cash Award of $5000 for any body who can throw some light on her second marriage. Who, where etc''. I concluded.

''What a lady! It's a pity I didn't know anything about her earlier''. There was a sense of loss in Kochappan's voice.

'' That's exactly what all her husbands have said about her''

'' What did they say?'' He was eager.

I quoted them. ''Oh! What a lady she is! Any time she spends outside of her bed is a total waste of time!''

I stood up, collected my umbrella, and looked at Kochappan. He was gazing at the sky through the open door of the balcony of his apartment on the 8th floor.

I didn't want to break his reverie; I moved out silently.......

menon ( aniyan )