Join social networking websites........
orkut,facebook,hi5,minglebox,etc etc, set up ur profile n add people u like to ur friends list,once u kno their ids u can add them.......
there r so many chat sites.....even yahoo chat rooms...............first go in there, talk to loads of people, n then add someone to ur messenger list(yahoo messenger, or aol...(AIM)...GTALK(gmail)...or hotmail.....windows messenger............lots r there