For those who want to know, the preparation took me:
3 months
Reading PMBOK 1.5 times (once complete and second time the key areas)
PM Prepcast
5 full mock-up exams (200 questions) and numerous smaller practice tests
The Prepcast is an amazing delivery mechanism of raw concepts, translated into an easy to understand language in a very effective manner. It helps ties together the various pieces of the Project Management methodology seamlessly and easy to understand manner.
Once you’ve gone through the Prepcast, the PMBOK suddenly seems to fall in place and you get to understand every bit of it.
The best part however was Cornelius’s tone/voice which made me watch/listen more than 110 episodes of the Prepcast on my way to/back from work.
A BIG THANK YOU to Cornelius Fichtner.