Newbie Question!  Upgrading Ram and Memory in Macbook Pro 2.2 Ghz

Hi!
I am a new Mac user.  I started out as an apple user with my iphone 3 years ago and have recently went to Macbook and will never go back to PC.  Anyway,
I need to upgrade my RAM from 2 to 4 GB.
1.  What is the best or better RAM to use?  Crucial?
2.  Please advise on steps to do so.
Also, I need to upgrade my hard drive memory as I have 150 GB used and only 9 GB free per Istat.
1.  Am I able to upgrade the memory for this? 
Thank You any and all!!

Is this the right hard drive?  Decent hard drive?
Samsung
750GB Spinpoint M8 Hard Drive
2.5-Inch | SATA 3.0Gb/s | 5400RPM | 8MB Cache

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