The Mall Twilight Zone........

We let the guy who is leaving today choose the restaurant last night & we ended up at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill. Yes, burgers & fries. They did have good salads, so I went with grilled chicken ceasar - yum. So the dinner was pretty uneventful, but fun. Nice people to get to know from the office.
The adventure was after dinner. Two of the people went off to go to the night market. Dave still had some items to purchase before going home & Jim was going to take him. Kristin & Steve had to go back to the office (these folks all work hard). So I just wanted to go home. The restaurant is in one of the malls & we got there via MTR, but there isn't an MTR station near our apartment. So Jim told me I should just take a taxi & I said I'd find my way out of the MTR station (which is right below the mall). I checked out the map in the station & knew if I went out the front entrance to the mall I'd be on a the major street that is on the bus route & even would be on the right side of the street for heading home (this is a very important thing in cities).
So I ventured back up into the mall which is 5 levels. It was around 10:30. I was on what I thought was the ground floor & followed the exit sign. I actually follow several, but each time it was an emergency exit or staff only exit & who knows where they would lead. I went up & down the elevator about 5 times searching for the main entrance. No indication where it was. I tried to ask someone, but no English. I ended up in the parking lot twice, but couldn't see way out from there & I didn't want to get run over. One thing here is they are not very considerate of pedestrians when they are someplace they shouldn't be.
I finally saw a couple walking & asked them. He laughed & pointed down the hall & said to just turn left at the end. Sure enough HUGE entranceway, the one I was looking for. I guess it was just too obvious to have a sign. I felt pretty stupid. It came right out to the busstop that I wanted. Waited a few minutes & caught the bus home. I like them much better than the taxis. I always try to get on the top level front street, it's pretty exciting.
Had a great night sleep & John returns today from Thailand. I think it'll be a quiet evening at home as I'm sure he'll be worn out. I have to come up with something fun to do tomorrow!!