Chasing an impossible dream??? Culinary profession...?

I'm a graduate of culinary arts and have a one yr experience. Straight from high school I took up culinary arts because Im really sure that I wanted to become a chef someday. I really enjoyed my culinary study and did excel on it. but after graduation I find it really hard to find a work here in manila or even abroad.. I have work in a hotel as a casual employee for 5 months then work as a research and development chef for just a 4 months in a catering service and then resign because I felt that catering food isn't for me... I have interest in molecular gastronomy, but I don't know how I'm going to reach it.. Sometimes I think that i just might be contented to being a mediocre chef, I can work in hotels abroad, earn money and that's it... But deep inside me I really want to be someone in this culinary world but its very competitive especially right now... I was thinking of taking up a bachelor degree in chemistry to give me some edge in this overcrowded industry... But it will take me 4 yrs to finish that, and loosing 4yrs to study rather than having the work experience is scaring me... So what to do??? Am I aiming or dreaming too high (w/ moleculary gastronomy dream) that I can jeopardize my future????Bec. honestly i also need to earn money, my parents spent a lot of money to get me into a culinary school..