Earthquake that thrills Manila....

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I was in my Hospitality Training school. It is located along the United Nations Avenue, near the LRT station. Me and my co-trainees just had our lunch and ascended back into our room, which is located at the 3rd floor of the building. We were given a group activity, a role play, and we had our practice before the start of the session. Everyone were in their respective groups as our instructor gave a signal to the start our activity. The first group finished their presentation then we were the next. At around 2:00 pm, while we were in front of our co-trainees presenting, one of my co-trainees yelled "Lumilindol!!" We suddenly stopped our presentation. We took a feel if the ground is shaking. My instructor told us to stay calm. We felt another shake that lasted a couple of seconds. Everyone started to panic. One of my co-trainee saw that the water inside the bottle swirled by itself. Metals clanked underneath our tables. Window blinds swayed without anyone touching it. Even the picture frames inside the room gone out of its alignment, with the thought that it might fall. Our instructor immediately stepped out of the room to get some information on what to do. Some just stay calmed in our places and some were getting ready for anything that would happen next. Our instructor came back and gave instructions to fall in line and evacuate the room. We were in a single line. We walked as if we were running. Security officials took us to the nearest fire exit descending from the building. Everyone in the building were instructed to stay in the public park, which is a wide open area. Students from different courses were requested to stay in groups as my instructor also told us. There was silence in the building, but the tension outside rose. One of the head officers of the Security gave instructions to wait for further announcement on what to do next. We just found out that the earthquake was around in a magnitude of 6. It was the first time that ever happened in the building as what our instructor told us. Good thing everyone were safe. Some want to come back in the building to get their stuffs. Then, the Security officer gave a signal that we can go back to the building. We were not told to go back because our session had already ended due to time. We just jotted down our contact numbers to our instructor and she will give us a feedback regarding our classes for tomorrow. Thank God everyone were safe at that moment...