yes, because not all people knew where Philippines is so I tell them its in southeast asia.

i have a chinese student she lives Shandong Qingdao , we use skype for online english classes, but not sure how they downloaded skype.

do you mean the troubled past about religion conflicts?

sometimes i think it runs in the blood my parent s were educators as well as my two sisters. I took up psychology, been through different fields but ended up teaching and i guess its the most fulfilling job i have ever had. 

Just going to watch a good movie at home. :)

it all depends on the teacher, but before you could hire her teaching service ,check his/her educational attainment, work experiences and ask for a free trial class for at least 30 mins.

 I have been doing online classes on skype for a couple of years now, and youre questions are very good. I assumed that its for student learners but I can relate to it as a tutor. I believe so that in the future it will replace physical classes. Annoying things that i experienced having classes on skype are sometimes, the students specially the young learners ,as  you can really tell if they're interested or just being forced by their parents to practice american english. It's like I as a tutor , have been trying to give my best effort when it comes to teaching but on the other way around some students arent theyre not focus and sometimes i hear sounds of games maybe on their phones, thats really frustrating. The entertaining part ... when some students made me laugh about their jokes and sometimes they really try to be funny. ( Im talking about the young learners cause its quite different with adults). About the pj's . yeah i do, most of the time. ;)