My dear friend,you were the first person I talked to here on Italki:)
I always say: HI,how are you?
Then I ask about age,personal interests,religion...music,books and so on.If you are similar by any means you will soon find a theme to talk about:D

hi salam, at first time i thought everyone come here for study lungauge, but now i dont think so... everyone seems seek for girl-f & boy-friend. that's why i dont logged in much now. may god bless u all the time, Enigma....

^0^ LoL....
I haven't n never chatted someone before in italki lah.hahaha
>,< i asked the person like this......
hello/hi >>>>>
Where u from>>>>>>
nice to meet you>>>>>
hahaha>>>>>>
thats all>>>>>
v(^.~)v

probably every time, first i ask : what is your name ? then : where are you from? , why are you on italki ? what languages do you what to learn ? what do you do for a living ?.......... and the conversation goes on based on the answers i get and of course on the answers i give .