is studying in Thailand an option?

I have a dilemma. I want to go back to Thailand to live and hopefully work, so I can stay there longer, but I don't know how to get there.

I've been looking at Chulalongkorn and Thammasat Universities, and have found that they have tremendous programs as well. These are the programs I'm interested in at Chulalongkorn:
-- MA in International Development Studies: 1-2 year program.
-- MA in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics:
-- MA in Thai Studies
-- MA in South East Asia Studies

Thammasat has a Thai Studies Program that looks just as enticing. I want to study in Thailand because I see it as a shortcut to me being able to live here. If I don't, which means that I graduate in the US, then I'll have to wait like, maybe, another 6+ years (for BA and MA as well with work in between the two). But after I graduate with BA here, I could apply for MA at a Thai university.

I'm looking at CH and Th because those are the top two most prestigious universities in Thailand, but most importantly, they conduct classes in English. ***I've been shifting through websites that list job listings for Thailand. I have mainly concentrated on the publishing field. I wanted to get a better idea of what the publishing job market is, and what sort of people are vying for certain jobs. Pretty interesting so far. See lots of Thais with communication arts degrees. It must be a popular way to get into the publishing field, or maybe the preferred way? I'm feeling like I might have a chance, except for the fact that I'm not Thai and I don't speak, read, or write it like a native. However, I still do look Thai, so that should win me some points (until they find out that I now am a holder of a blue passport instead of red).

Now that the job market in Thailand doesn't look so bad, I have to conquer my fears about pursuing writing/journalism here. I have a lot of self-doubt about my ability to succeed. But, heck, at this point I'm willing to do anything.

Along with publishing, I'd really like to try my hand at photography. Maybe I'll add "freelance photographer" to my job title as well.

This is one of my main options. Business is another (now I think this is the easiest way to land a job there). Another is something along the lines of the environmental studies. Or I should try to get into one of the above programs, and see where that leads me. Oh, and I forgot that I wanted to try my hand at joining the Peace Corps. If not this, then another program that's similar.

Wow. What lofty goals I have, and this is coming from someone who is neither driven nor ambitious.

Another problem is that I haven't found a way to balance my academic interests versus my career options. Meaning, choosing something because I'm interested in or choosing it because I'm more likely to succeed in it career-wise. I have to weigh both equally and find a balance. Getting a job in Thailand is much harder than I thought, so I have to do everything possible to increase my chances of getting hired there, and that may mean choosing my career over my passion.

I want to trek the competitive world of journalists, writers, editors in the publishing world.