as a respected scholar (mainly in indonesia), teuku iskandar is a very down-to-earth person. cut rosmanida, his first daughter who lived in medan, said, “father is a humble and simple person. his demeanor is mediocre. when you go home to aceh, you always ask for acehnese food to be cooked. he likes all acehnese dishes.” a valuable lesson from his father that he always reminded him to be proud to be acehnese and proud to speak acehnese language.