Why did Jose Rizal used dimasalang and laong laan as his pen names?

Jose Rizal used the penname Laong Laan in the 1890s when he wrote poems and articles for La Solidaridad, then the Propaganda Movement's strongest voice. Literally translated it means "reserved for a long time" and figuratively it means "laging handa" or "ever ready."

Dimasalang was the pseudonym of Jose Rizal that he adopted when he entered Freemasonry in 1883. He widely used this pseudonym in his articles in 1990's. Literally [ hin] di masalang means "untouchable" in Taal Tagalog.