From the Inquirer: “Ian Jasper Calalang, the University of the Philippines Diliman freshman student who was reported missing last month, has returned home, according to the Philippine Collegian.
The report said Calalang’s mother confirmed that her son arrived at their home in Cainta, Rizal, at around 11 p.m. on Monday.
“In January, Calalang was reported missing after leaving their home to enroll at the UP campus in Quezon City.

       “Calalang’s aunt Marissa Patawaran previously said the engineering student was able to text her parents that he arrived at the UP campus. But Patawaran said the parents later learned that Calalang was not able to enroll.

        “The report said Calalang’s family declined to disclose details on what happened to him for 21 days after he went missing. RC”

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“Lost Boy”

by Ruth B

There was a time I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away, too

Then one night, as I closed my eyes,
I saw a shadow flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
Told me he wanted to talk for awhile
He said, “Peter Pan—that’s what they call me.
I promise that you’ll never be lonely.”
And ever since that day…

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we’re bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
“Away from all of reality.”

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe
Believe in him and believe in me
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized I finally had a family
Soon enough we reached Neverland
Peacefully my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day…

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we’re bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
“Away from all of reality.”

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling,
Even Captain Hook—
You are my perfect story book
Neverland, I love you so,
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a lost boy at last

And for always I will say…

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we’re bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
“Away from all of reality.”

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free