March 2008: After I graduated from ABAC since year 1993, I talked to myself that I will never continue on Master degree anymore because studying is boring. I hate reading and memorizing for examination. Sometimes only hate cannot stop destiny.

Do you believe in destiny?

It started from Q4 last year. My next assignment in the company is to implement SAP in Eastern Europe. There was 3 years assignment by implementing SAP country by country, one year for each country starting from Hungary. It was really exciting decision because we need to move the whole family there as expat (cool isn’t it?). That is why I put in to one of ultimate goal as surviving my new job in Budapest!

Once the dead line came closer for contract signing, I and Gob felt uncertainty in leaving BKK. Last week before dead line, project director told me there was some change in implementation plan. The project will be based in Debrezen instead of Budapest. There is no international school for my kid in that city and people there hardly speak English. We think a lot how our children will live and Gob will feel lonely there. Therefore, I decided to turn down this opportunity. At the same time, I was looking for new job because it is the dead end for my career path now if I’m still working in company (I thought).

Within that week I got one opportunity as IT Manager in big car manufacturing company via headhunter but the compensation is almost the same as current company. I consult with my elder brother about this opportunity but he disagreed. I also think that it is not good solution if I change job just because I want to working in BKK. Therefore I declined new opportunity and talking to headhunter. She understood and convinced me that I should have master degree for further future growth. From that day, her idea is still running in my head.

The week later, I decided to talk to my boss in order to turn down opportunity in Europe with family reason. He asked me what will be my next move since I’m too big for the current position. There are only 2 options, grow outside Thailand (vertical growth) or horizontal growth (cross functional). So I told my boss that please give me a chance to go for MBA then I can move horizontally. My boss replied back immediately “I fully support you! We are always happy to invest in good people”.

Last week, I just apply for MBA with company scholarship. The only step to make this happen is to go for interviewing in mid of April. Then the course will start at beginning of May. I should change my first ultimate goal to ‘acquire MBA degree’