RPTR FAILS TO COMPLY WITH TAXI INSTRUCTIONS INTENDED BY THE TWR.

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THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY NIGHT CURRENCY WHERE I DID FOUR TKOFS AND LNDGS TO A FULL STOP. AFTER ENG RUN-UP; I WAS CLRED TO 'TAXI TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 19R' FROM THE RUN-UP AREA NEAR THE BASE OF THE CTL TWR. AFTER HOLDING SHORT AT INTXN L; I SWITCHED TO THE TWR CTLR AND TOLD HIM OF MY INTENTIONS TO 'DO CLOSED PATTERN TFC FOR NIGHT CURRENCY.' I WAS GIVEN THE FOLLOWING: 'NXXXX CROSS RWY 19R CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 19L INTXN K DEP.' I ASSUMED THE CTLR WANTED ME TO CROSS RWY 19R AT INTXN L AND CONTINUE TO INTXN K ONCE ON RWY 19L DUE TO LNDG TFC ON RWY 19R. AS I CROSSED RWY 19R I SAW THE SHAPE OF AN ACFT THAT APPEARED TO BE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 19L AT INTXN L. HOWEVER; THIS ACFT WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 19R BTWN THE RWYS AT INTXN L. I COMPLETED MY TAXI ACROSS RWY 19R AND MOVED TO THE SIDE OF INTXN L SO AS TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN BACK TO THE RWY 19R AND PROCEED TO INTXN K. THE CTLR CALMLY RE-DIRECTED ME TO 'TAXI DOWN RWY 19R TO INTXN K FOR MY DEP ON RWY 19L.' I THEN COMPLETED FOUR TKOFS AND LNDGS FOR NIGHT CURRENCY. CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS: 1) I BELIEVE THE TWR PERSONNEL WERE TRYING TO BE HELPFUL BY GIVING ME LEFT CLOSED PATTERN ON RWY 19L WHILE THEY HANDLED COMMERCIAL TFC ON RWY 19R. 2) THE ACFT THAT WAS HOLDING BTWN THE RWYS DID NOT HAVE HIS LNDG LIGHTS ON MAKING HIM EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. 3) THE ARPT MAIN TERMINAL WAS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE MY FIRST HOLDING POS. THE TERMINAL LIGHTS MAKE ACFT ON THE GND WITHOUT THEIR LIGHTS ON NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. RECOMMENDATION: ALL ACFT EQUIPPED WITH LNDG LIGHTS SHOULD KEEP THEM 'ON' AT NIGHT WHILE ON ANY ACTIVE TXWY.