Yeah, you probably have 2 sticks. You can always open the back port and look at it. It's pretty tough just looking at it(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM). Just make sure the little bump fits the notch. You don't have to buy 2. You can put just put 1GB in plus your 512MB. That should work on most computers.
You can find on ebay or craigslist for a couple of bucks(although I guess you are not in the US). I found 3 free laptops over the last 2 months. Have not even looked at what hardware it has yet.