I use PHP with most of my projects/startups, I'm thinking of moving into NodeJS because I heard it's cool, I just need few tips or links to start with creating an MVC in NodeJS and MongoDb.
Express and MongoDB are pretty great. Do this. 1) Make sure you're great with JS and understand the module system in node. 2) Go take the 5-10 minute interactive tutorial over at http://mongodb.org/ 3) install node (includes npm) 4) install express as a global (npm install -g express) express --sessions --css stylus --ejs myapp
and you have pretty awesome scaffold that is super easy to understand. 5) Have fun!
As a word of advice, if you find mongoose not too friendly try using mongoJS. it's simpler and easier, but doesn't have some of the advanced features of mongoose